Recommendation 40

The Government should assess the impact of the Local Housing Allowance on pensioners and whether it leaves them with the income needed for a minimum, dignified, socially acceptable standard of living and report back to the Committee by the end of 2025. The long-term housing strategy, which will set out how the Government will deliver its plan for 1.5 million new homes this Parliament, must include plans for housing for older people, addressing security of tenure, at affordable and sustainable rents. (Recommendation, Paragraph 185)