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Unsafe homes

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Existing homes

The homes that millions of older people live in put them at serious risk of injuries, ill-health and even death. We want action so that everybody’s home can be made safe.

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Does size matter

Does size really matter?

A report from the London School of Economics suggests that stamp duty is deterring older homeowners from downsizing, and that the overall rate of home moving would be 27% higher if the levy was abolished.

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Home adaptations research

New research into how home adaptations can help improve later life

We've commissioned a team from Northumbria University to carry out primary research into how home adaptations can contribute to improving later lives.

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Integrating health, care and housing – don’t wait to be asked

If we want to maintain good health, feel in control and improve the quality of those in later life, we need to live in a suitable home.

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Housing white paper

Housing White Paper: Ageing should have been front and centre

We welcome the reference to housing and ageing (p63) - but this was a missed opportunity to put the housing needs of our ageing population, front and centre.

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Housing white paper response

Centre for Ageing Better responds to the Housing White Paper

Over the next 25 years, the proportion of households where the oldest person is 85 or over will grow faster than any other age group.

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A review into the role of home adaptations in improving later life

Ageing Better has commissioned a team to conduct a review of the evidence into how home adaptations can contribute to a good later life.

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Future proofing neighbourhoods

Future proofing our homes and neighbourhoods

The evidence in the GO Science report on homes and neighbourhoods is an important reminder that sometimes the best thing to do is go back to basics.

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Terraced house, Bickershaw - Greater Manchester

Fall in home ownership: no longer a London only problem

This piece by Rachael Docking reminds us it’s time we look for new ways to support individuals to access more suitable and diverse options of housing.

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