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500,000 older people could be helped by shared ownership overhaul

|Date: 16 January, 2023

500,000 older people could be helped by shared ownership overhaul

Housing experts are calling for a raft of reforms to improve older people’s quality of life by opening up ...

Housing experts are calling for a raft of reforms to improve older people’s quality of life by opening up shared ownership opportunities for affordable retirement living. The All-Party Parliamentary G ...

16 January, 2023
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Two councils among six housing providers awarded £440k to make homes ‘care ready’ with tech

|Date: 6 September, 2022

Two councils among six housing providers awarded £440k to make homes ‘care ready’ with tech

Haringey Council, Wiltshire Council and four other housing providers, Bield Housing & Care, Platform ...

Haringey Council, Wiltshire Council and four other housing providers, Bield Housing & Care, Platform Housing Group, Pobl Group and Southend Care will each receive between £65k – £75k in funding so ...

6 September, 2022
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Councils urged to bid for technology test bed funding, so homes are ‘care ready’

|Date: 30 March, 2022

Councils urged to bid for technology test bed funding, so homes are ‘care ready’

Local authorities are being invited to apply for grants of £75,000 so they can test out with older people ...

Local authorities are being invited to apply for grants of £75,000 so they can test out with older people which technology tools and digital housing services work best for them and explore why. The fu ...

30 March, 2022
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New smart TEC brings extra care home

|Date: 26 October, 2021

New smart TEC brings extra care home

Social landlords face the difficult task of finding appropriate accommodation for the UK's ageing populat ...

Social landlords face the difficult task of finding appropriate accommodation for the UK's ageing population, in the face of significant shortages of properties developed for this demographic. Paul Bo ...

26 October, 2021
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White Paper: Data shows disconnect between retirement housing offering and public perception

|Date: 14 April, 2021

White Paper: Data shows disconnect between retirement housing offering and public perception

A cross-industry steering group and research report has highlighted a significant disparity between publi ...

A cross-industry steering group and research report has highlighted a significant disparity between public perception and actual offering at retirement housing schemes, as well as identifying clear is ...

14 April, 2021
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Shakespeare Martineau | Forget help to buy, the UK needs help to retire

|Date: 28 August, 2019

Shakespeare Martineau | Forget help to buy, the UK needs help to retire

The key to alleviating the pressure on the housing market is better development of later living accommoda ...

The key to alleviating the pressure on the housing market is better development of later living accommodation, a new survey by law firm Shakespeare Martineau and Housing Learning has shown, but this w ...

28 August, 2019
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