An overview of housing options, intended to be combined with a bespoke accommodation listing to produce a FirstStop client ‘Housing Options Report’. Contents are: 1.Introduction 2.To move or not to move 3.Helping you to stay put 4.Moving on 5.She

This Code covers the duties of builders and developers of sheltered housing including the Purchaser’s Information Pack, management agreements and the legal rights of purchasers.

This Housing LIN Case Study Report argues that we need to develop more housing that is shaped and controlled by older people themselves. Housing of this kind has a proven appeal to older people and it is of increasing interest and relevance to a new gener

In a ‘cohousing’ development residents live as part of a community, making decisions together and supporting each other. We consider whether such arrangements could help older people stay independent for longer, and chat to an older resident at the Thresh

There is growing interest in exploring non-mainstream housing options for older people, including various methods of self-help and mutual support that are often similar to cohousing principles. This briefing is the first of two from the Housing L

This briefing, the second of two, has been written with commissioners and organisations providing housing and care and support services in mind. The main challenge is that it is virtually impossible to quantify demand for cohousing unless and until a coh

The National Housing Federation and its members share a vision of housing, support and care that enhances older people’s ability to live independently for as long as possible. We share a vision of support and care services, which are flexible in their del