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A national strategy for older people's housing is needed to bring together and improve policy in this area, the Communities & Local Government Committee concludes. The CLG Committee's report on Housing for Older People recommends that the wider availability of housing advice & information should be central to the strategy and the existing FirstStop Advice Service should be re-funded by the Government to provide an expanded national telephone advice service. The Committee calls on the Government to recognise the link between homes and health & social care in the forthcoming social care Green Paper. The Committee also recommends that the National Planning Policy Framework be amended to encourage the development of more housing for older people and that councils identify a target proportion of new housing to be developed for this purpose, as well as publishing a strategy which explains how they intend to meet the housing needs of older people in their area. |
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PC&PE: Housing for older people needs national strategy ~ LGA responds to Housing for Older People report ~ FirstStop Advice Service ~ LGA responds to BMJ report on homelessness Housing funding boost to make more homes accessible for elderly and disabled people across England NHS to join forces with major developers to build a healthy national future LGA: Almost 60p in every £1 of council tax could be spent on social care by 2020 LGA responds to Government announcement on funding proposals for supported housing LGA: Fire service funding needs to address increased 'elderly risk' factor LGA: Nation faces older people homelessness ‘time bomb’ – councils warn £4m to improve support for elderly & disabled people JRF: Great British Bungalow sell off: 1 in 4 forced council house sales could be bungalows |
