Housing for Older People good practice, toolkits and research funded by the Housing Corporation

Building our Futures
A revised 2008 edition of the ILC-UK tool for local planners to prepare for the UK's ageing population. This guide sets out to help local and regional planners take older people into account as they plan housing strategies.

The housing, care and support needs of South Asian elders (report and summary)
This research project looks at some of the practical challenges that South Asian elders face in meeting their housing and support needs.

The need for a common language to describe older people's housing (report and summary)
The paper looks at moving towards a common language to accurately describe older people’s housing.

Open Magazine Issue 7
This edition's features focus on an ageing society

Raising the Stakes: Promoting Extra Care Housing
Elderly Accommodation Counsel’s work to support the development of a range of successful housing with care solutions for older people.

Towards an ageing society
Final evaluation report of hact’s Older People’s Programme, April 2008.

Sector study 60: Supported housing and housing for older people
This study uses the Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR) time series database to examine how the stock of housing aimed at particular needs and owned and managed by housing associations has changed since the 1988 Housing Act.

Guide to Preparing Older People’s Strategies

Opening doors to independence
Research report by Housing 21 on the contribution of extra care and support of older people with dementia

Housing Options for Older People
Care & Repair England's housing options information and advice service

Making Informed Choices
hact's report on the importance of housing advocacy for older people

The housing and support needs of older people in rural areas
Commission for Rural Communities report

Other useful websites

Supporting People

Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) Change Agent Team