Housing Management & Maintenance have recently published a white paper which looks into housing professionals views on ‘Meeting the needs of an ageing population.’
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), by 2041, one in four people in England will be 65 or older, and by the same year, the number of English citizens aged 85 or over will double to 3.2 million.
As well as delving deeper into the level of suitability of our current social and privately rented housing stock for older residents, Housing, Management and Maintenance’s latest whitepaper looks into the reasons housing professionals have not already begun to prepare for our ageing population, from costs to a lack of understanding and Government funding – and what the barriers are to the adoption of multi-generational products.