Public Health Profiles

Housing

The following selected resources can inform improving the quality and accessibility of housing:

Publications

Living longer: implications of housing tenure in later life (2020) published by the Office for National Statistics
Living longer: changes in housing tenure over time (2020) published by the Office for National Statistics
Inquiry into decent and accessible homes for older people (2019) published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Ageing and Older People
Adaptations without delay (2019) published by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists
Housing our ageing population (2017) report by the Local Government Association
Healthy Homes: Accommodating an Ageing Population (2018) published by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Housing an Ageing Population - presentation (2018) published on the Local Government Association website
Active Ageing and the Built Environment (2016) published by Housing LIN with support from Public Health England
Guidance - Excess winter deaths and illnesses and the health risks associated with cold homes (2015) published by the Institue of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

Websites

Homes for health - collection of resources published by Public Health England
Health risks of cold homes: data sources - guidance published by Public Health England
The English Housing Survey - a range of data reports including annual trends published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Projecting Older People Population Information (POPPI) System - includes older age group estimates and projections by 'living status' at national, regional and local authority level. Published by Oxford Brookes University and the Institute of Public Care.
Safe and accessible homes - Programmes & Latest research published by the Centre for Ageing Better
The Housing and Ageing Alliance - "a broad spectrum of people from local and national organisations working together with a single objective; to bring about improvements to the housing and living conditions of older people"
Housing options for older people published on the NHS website (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in Internet Explorer)
Elderly Accommodation Counsel information for both the public and professionals on retirement housing and care homes
UK Network for Shared Lives and Homeshare - promoting and supporting 'Shared Lives carers' and 'Homeshare UK'
UK Cohousing - including older women's cohousing community case study
Healthy New Towns published by NHS England (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in Internet Explorer)
The Chartered Institute of Housing
The Housing Learning & Improvement Network (LIN)
Care and Repair England
Foundations - oversees a national network of home improvement agencies
Home Improvement Agencies - an online directory of home improvement agencies
Heating and Housing Benefits published on the Government UK website
Disabled Facilities Grant - available from local authorities to pay for essential housing adaptations to help disabled people stay in their own homes
Housing and health guidelines published by the World Health Organisation
Association of Retirement Housing Managers
Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO)
Housing, Planning and Homelessness published by the Local Government Association

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