Published on Tuesday 20th of August 2019

New research into ‘traditional’ leasehold retirement housing shows that recently built properties, on average, increase their value upon resale. Drawing on available Land Registry data, matched to its own database of retirement developments, Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC) has begun to shed light on a topic that has raised questions from prospective purchasers for many years. […]

Published on Friday 24th of May 2019

A record crowd of nearly 400 residents, visitors and staff from retirement housing complexes across the UK came together in Manchester on 21st May for the EAC National Housing for Older People Awards 2019. Visit our Housing Awards website at eacawards.org.uk to: See the 299 regional and 27 national winning schemes View hundreds of photos of the Awards event […]

Published on Thursday 4th of April 2019

Bookings for next month’s National Housing for Older People Awards in Manchester reached 250 today, suggesting that the event may turn out to be the largest to date. Very pleasingly, a little over half of attendees represent regional Award winning schemes, showing that this year’s decision to introduce a regional dimension to the Housing Awards has proved […]

Published on Tuesday 19th of February 2019

A record 19,000 votes have been cast by residents, families, visitors and staff for retirement housing schemes across the UK. 1,220 retirement developments are involved, along with the landlords and management companies that run them. EAC’s National Housing for Older People Awards were launched in 2010 to encourage those who live, visit and work in […]

Published on Sunday 18th of November 2018

Voting for the EAC National Housing for Older People Awards 2019 is now open, and residents, staff and visitors of all UK retirement housing schemes and developments are encouraged to join in this annual celebration. Visit our new Housing Awards website to read more: eacawards.org.uk Whether you live in retirement housing, work in a development […]

Published on Wednesday 12th of September 2018

Elderly Accommodation Counsel and Housing Options Scotland are celebrating after making a successful bid for funding from Nationwide Building Society for its work to support housing in the area. Nationwide, the UK’s biggest building society, has been looking to support charities dealing with the many issues around housing in the Scotland. Now the names of […]

Published on Tuesday 19th of June 2018

National charities Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC) and Housing Options Scotland (HOS) are delighted to have been shortlisted for a community grant of up to £50,000 from Nationwide Building Society. The partnership between EAC and HOS hopes to use each organisation’s considerable experience and expertise to deliver a ‘Housing Options for Older People’ (HOOP) service across […]

Published on Friday 9th of February 2018

“A national strategy for older people’s housing is needed to bring together and improve policy in this area” is the overarching conclusion of a cross-party House of Commons Select Committee report published today. Detailed recommendations include: The existing FirstStop Advice Service should be re-funded by the Government to provide an expanded national telephone advice service, […]