Any relaxation of planning regulations would be a disaster for accessible housing. We must not let the chaos of coronavirus push accessible housing down the priority order.
The Housing Made for Everyone (HoME) coalition has published an open letter to the Housing Minister, asking the government to resist calls from developers to loosen planning rules in the wake of coronavirus.
Reworking the rural community bus during the COVID-19 pandemic
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, rural areas were already facing huge challenges connecting those within the community to each other, but the virus has forced places to radically adapt.
Ageing Better has been working with national organisations, local authorities and age-friendly communities to better understand the implications the coronavirus crisis has brought about.
New data from Ipsos MORI and the Centre for Ageing Better suggests that the coronavirus crisis risks creating a 'lost generation' of retirees facing poor health and financial insecurity in retirement.
The Black Lives Matter demonstrations have highlighted deep rooted racial inequalities within our society, resulting in the government setting up a new commission to tackle this issue.
