Thursday, 12 September 2013

Help elderly downsize, says Demos

 The report says there is a need for specialist housing for the oldest members of society Older people who want to downsize their homes should be helped to do so, "freeing up" billions of pounds of housing stock, a think tank says.

Those interested in downsizing are "sitting on £400bn of housing wealth" in England alone, according to Demos.
Its report, funded by the Home Builders Federation, says people aged over 60 own £1.28 trillion in housing stock.
It says more retirement homes are

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