{"id":69884,"date":"2017-10-24T16:55:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T09:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-housing-crisis-is-hitting-older-people-as-well-as-the-young-claudia-wood\/"},"modified":"2017-10-24T17:08:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T10:08:55","slug":"uk-housing-crisis-is-hitting-older-people-as-well-as-the-young-claudia-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-housing-crisis-is-hitting-older-people-as-well-as-the-young-claudia-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"UK housing crisis is hitting older people as well as the young | Claudia Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe government is set to make matters worse for older people by drawing supported housing into the quagmire of universal creditBritain\u2019s housing shortage is never far from the top of the political agenda. But the narrative focuses almost entirely on first-time buyers when there is an even more serious and overlooked shortage in suitable housing for older people.This paucity affects both older homeowners stuck in unsuitably large family properties and unable to find smaller homes, and people renting social housing when they need sheltered or supported accommodation. In both cases, government policy is stifling the supply of the kind of housing older people want and need, while at the same time increasing the bill for health and social care. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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The government is set to make matters worse for older people by drawing supported housing...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-iba","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33308,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/business-leaders-urge-government-to-tackle-uk-housing-crisis\/","url_meta":{"origin":69884,"position":0},"title":"Business leaders urge government to tackle UK housing crisis","date":"November 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Incentives for older people to move from large houses, expansion of rental sector and more building are needed, says CBIBusiness leaders have urged the government to tackle the housing shortage by expanding the rental sector and creating incentives for older homeowners to vacate large properties.The CBI set out 10\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":138430,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/less-than-5-of-u-s-housing-supply-is-accessible-to-older-disabled-americans-these-changes-may-help\/","url_meta":{"origin":69884,"position":1},"title":"Less than 5% of U.S. housing supply is accessible to older, disabled Americans. 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