Recommendation 91

Little progress has been made on housing for the elderly. As demand changes as the population ages, a more focussed approach is needed. The Government must take a coordinated approach to the issue of later living housing, between departments and through the National Planning Policy Framework. 60 Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, ‘Live tables on housing supply: indicators of new su pply’ (30 September 2021): https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building [accessed 4 January 2021] 61 Savills and LDS, ‘A review of the availability of development sites for SME housebuilders in England and Wales’ (9 November 2021): https://ldsyoursite.com/savills-sme-housebuilders-report-demonstrates-huge-potential [accessed 16 December 2021] 62 Written evidence from McCarthy Stone ( UKH0040 ) 63 Savills and LDS, ‘A review of the availability of development sites for SME housebuilders in England and Wales’ 64 Written evidence from UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence ( UKH0055 ) 65 Written evidence from Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research ( UKH0028 ) 66 British Property Federation, ‘UK build-to-rent housing supply grows in 2020 despite Covid-19’ (8 February 2021): https://bpf.org.uk/media/press-releases/uk-build-to-rent-housing-supply-growsin-2020-despite-covid-19/ [accessed 24 November 2021] 67 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Independent review into scaling up selfbuild and custom housebuilding: report (21 August 2021): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-into-scaling-up-self-build-and-custom-housebuilding-report [accessed 26 November 2021] 68 Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, ‘Live tables on housing supply: indicators of new supply’ 69 Written evidence from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government ( UKH0042 ) 70 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, English Housing Survey Headline Report 2019–20 (December 2020): https:// assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_ data/file/945013/2019–20_EHS_Headlin e_Report.pdf [accessed 24 November 2021] 71 Written evidence from Savills ( UKH0080 ) 72 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Public attitudes to house building (October 2019): https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/ system/uploads/attachment_data/file/841815/BSA_House_building_report. pdf [accessed 24 November 2021] 73 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, English Housing Survey Headline Report 2019–20 (December 2020): https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/ system/uploads/attachment_data/file/945013/2019–20_EHS_He adline_Report.pdf [accessed 24 November 2021] 74 The affordability ratio is measured as the ratio of median price paid for residential property to the median workplace-based gross annual earnings for full-time workers. Written evidence from the Intergenerational Foundation ( UKH0022 ). See also Colin Wiles, Stockpiling Space: How the pandemic has increased housing inequalities between older and younger generations (2021), p 46: https://www.if.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Stockpiling- Space_How-the-pandemic-has-increased-housing-inequalities_FINAL.pdf [accessed 24 November 2021]. 75 Q 7 (Professor Christine Whitehead) 76 Written evidence from the Intergenerational Foundation ( UKH0022 ) 77 Office for National Statistics, ‘UK House price Index: October 2021’: https://www. ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/housepriceindex/october2021 [accessed 16 December 2021] 78 Written evidence from Rentplus-UK Ltd ( UKH0073 ), see also Shelter, ‘Almost half of working renters only one paycheque away from losing their home’ (19 September 2019): https://england.shelter.org. uk/med ia/press_release/almost_half_of_working_renters_only_ one_paycheque_away_from_losing_their_home [accessed 24 November 2021] 79 Written evidence from UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence ( UKH005 5 ) 80 Economic Affairs Committee, Building more homes (1st Report, Session 2016–17, HL Paper 20) 81 Q 103 (Rt Hon. Christopher Pincher MP) 82 Written evidence from Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study, University of Essex ( UKH0026 ) 83 Ibid. 84 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, English Housing Survey Headline Report 2019–20 (December 2020): https://assets.publishing.service. gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/945013/2019–20_ EHS_Headline_Report.pdf [accessed 24 November 2021] 85 Written evidence from Professor Christian Hilber ( UKH0116 ) and the Intergenerational Foundation ( UKH0022 ) 86 House of Commons Library, Extending home ownership: Government initiatives, Briefing Paper Number 03668 , 30 March 2021 87 Written evidence from Home Builders Federation ( UKH0044 ) 88 National Audit Office, ‘Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme—progress review’ (June 2019): https://www.nao.org.uk/report/help-to-buy-equity - loan-scheme-progress-review/ [accessed 24 November 2021] 89 Written evidence from Home Builders Federation ( UKH0044 ) 90 Written evidence from Professor Christian Hilber ( UKH0116 ) 91 Affordable Housing Commission, ‘Making Housing Affordable Again: Rebalancing the Nation’s Housing System: The final report of the Affordable Housing Commission’ (March 2020): https://www .affordablehousingcommission.org/news/2020/3/23/making-housing-affordable-again-rebalancing-the -nations-housing-system-the-final-report-of-the-affordable-housing -commission [accessed 24 November 2021] 92 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, English Housing Survey Private rented sector 2019–20 (July 2021): https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads /system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1000052/EHS_19-20_PRS_report .pdf [accessed 24 November 2021] 93 Ibid. 94 Ibid. 95 Citizens Advice, ‘Families with children hit by insecurity in the private rented sector’ (3 January 2017): https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/about-us1/media/press-releases/families-with-children-hit-by-insecurity-in-the-private-rented-sector/ [accessed 2 December 2021] 96 Written evidence from UK Women’s Budget Group ( UKH0046 ) 97 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, English Housing Survey Private rented sector 2019–20 98 Q 19 (Toby Lloyd) 99 Q 20 (Toby Lloyd) 100 These figures represent estimates for given one-year periods and illustrate outgoings as at December 2020, they exclude other associated financial calculations such as capital gains, tax impacts and the costs of maintenance. On balance, the figures in the table are likely to underestimate the long-term financial advantages of buying compared to renting in the current state of the housing market. They may not be representative of the relative costs of renting and buying in the past or in the future. 101 Affordable Housing Commission, Making Housing Affordable Again: Rebalancing the Nation’s Housing System: The final report of the Affordable Housing Commission 102 Inside Housing, ‘Revealed: the scale of ex-RTB home conversions to private rent’ (7 December 2017): https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/ insight/revealed-the-scale-of-ex-rtb-home-conversions-to- private-rent-53525 [accessed 2 December 2021] 103 Q 1 9 (Dr Anna Minton) 104 Office for Budget Responsibility, ‘Welfare spending: housing benefit’: https://obr.uk/forecasts-in-depth/tax-by-tax- spend-by-spend/welfare-spending-housing-benefit/ [accessed 24 November 2021] 105 Written evidence from the Community Planning Alliance ( UKH0082 ) 106 ‘Revealed: the areas in the UK with one Airbnb for every four homes’, The Guardian (20 February 2020): https ://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/feb/20/revealed-the-areas -in-the-uk-with-one-airbnb-for-every-four-homes [accessed 16 December 2021] 107 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, English Housing Survey Headline Report 2019–20 108 Ibid. 109 Data is based on the “bedroom standard”, the difference between the number of bedrooms needed to avoid undesirable sharing (given the number, ages and relationship of the household members) and the number of bedrooms actually available to the household. See Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, National statistics overview: English Housing Survey 2019 to 2020: headline report (17 December 2020): https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english- housing-survey-2019-to -2020-headline-report [accessed 24 November 2021]. 110 Written evidence from Savills ( UKH0080 ) 111 Written evidence from National Residential Landlords Association ( UKH0072 ) 112 Ibid. 113 Written evidence from Nationwide Foundation ( UKH0084 ) and Nationwide Foundation, Property supply to the lower end of the English private rented sector (June 2021): https://nationwidefoundation.org.uk/wp- content/uploads/2021/06/Sustainable-Priva te-Rented-Sector-FINAL.pdf [accessed 24 November 2021] 114 Written evidence from Savills ( UKH0080 ) 115 British Property Federation, ‘UK build-to-rent housing supply grows in 2020 despite Covid-19’ (8 February 2021): https://bpf. org.uk/media/ press-releases/uk-build-to-rent-housing- supply-grows-in-2020-despite-covid-19/ [accessed 24 November 2021] 116 JLL, Evaluating Build to Rent performance (September 2018): https://www.jll.co.uk/conten t/dam/jll-com/documents /pdf/research/emea/uk/jll-residential-insight-build-to-rent .pdf [accessed 24 November 2021] 117 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, National statistics overview: English Housing Survey 2019 to 2020: headline report (17 December 2020): https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english- housing-survey-2019-to -2020-headline-report [accessed 24 November 2021] 118 Ibid. 119 For example, Committee visit to Southwark (Appendix 4), Q 18 (Alex Morton) and Q 69 (Grant Butterworth) 120 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Statistical Release : Housing Social Housing Lettings: April 2019 to March 2020, England –April 2021 Update : https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government /uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/981724/Social_Housing_Lettings _in_England_April_2019_to_March_2020.pdf [accessed 24 November 2021] 121 The term ‘affordable housing’ covers social, affordable and other low-cost rental housing as well as affordable home ownership products. In this context, ‘new’ homes include both new builds and acquisitions. House of Commons Library, What is affordable housing? Briefing Paper, Number 07747 , 19 April 2021 122 Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, ‘Statistical data set: Live tables on affordable housing supply’ (18 November 2021): https:// www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on- affordable-housing-su pply [accessed 24 November 2021] 123 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Statistical release Housing Affordable Housing Supply: April 2019 to March 2020, England (December 2020): https:// assets.publishing.service.gov.u k/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_ data/file/940517/AHS_2019–20.pdf [accessed 24 November 2021] 124 It is not possible fully to calculate net additions as no data exist on conversions or change of use. The House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee recommended that these data be regularly published. Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Building more social housing (Third Report, Session 2019–21, HC 173) 125 Written evidence from CPRE the countryside charity ( UKH0029 ) 126 Affordable Housing Commission, Making Housing Affordable Again: Rebalancing the Nation’s Housing System : https://nationwidefoundat ion.org.uk/ wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Making-Housing-Affordable-Again.-The-Affordable- Housing-Commission.pdf [accessed 24 November 2021] 127 See Appendix 4 128 Written evidence from the Local Government Association ( UKH0043 ) 129 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, National statistics overview: English Housing Survey 2019 to 2020: headline report (17 December 2020): https://www.gov.uk/government/stati stics/english-housing -survey-2019-to-2020-headline-report [accessed 24 November 2021] 130 Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, ‘Live Table 600: Numbers of households on local authorities’ housing waiting lists by district 31 March 1997–2021’: https ://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment _data/file/995281/Live_Table_600_June_2021_revisions.ods [accessed 25 November 2021] 131 Professor Glen Bramley, Crisis and National Housing Federation Housing supply requirements across Great Britain (November 2018): https://www.crisis.org.uk/media/239700/crisis_housing _supply_requirements_across_great_britain_2018.pdf [accessed 25 November 2021] 132 Ibid. 133 Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Building more social housing (Third Report, Session 2019–21, HC 173) 134 Q 15 (Alex Morton) 135 Written evidence from Crisis ( UKH0052 ) 136 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, ‘£8.6 billion for affordable homes to give boost onto housing ladder’ (31 August 2021): https://www. gov.uk/government/news/86-billion-for-affordable-homes-to- give-boost-onto-housing-ladder [accessed 24 November 2021] 137 Written evidence from Crisis ( UKH0052 ) 138 The HRAs hold the council’s income from rents and services charges collected from tenants, and spends this money exclusively on building and maintaining housing. Written evidence from Optivo ( UKH0068 ) and Chartered Institute of Housing, Rethinking social housing: final report , (June 2018): https://assets- eu-01.kc-usercontent.com/c783d326-05c6-0106–90ef-624f23b543bd/e99612d4-0483–48d8-b281-dd97268bb9fa/ Rethinking%20social%20housing%20report.pdf [accessed 24 November 2021] 139 Written evidence from Crisis ( UKH0052 ) 140 Written evidence from Shelter ( UKH0065 ) 141 Written evidence from the Local Government Association ( UKH0043 ) 142 Written evidence from National Association of Local Councils ( UKH0016 ) 143 Office for National Statistics, ‘Living longer: caring in later working life’ (15 March 2019):- https://www.ons.gov.uk/ peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/ageing/articles/livinglongerhowourpopulationischangingandwhyitmatters/2019–03-15 [accessed 24 November 2021] 144 Written evidence from Lifestory Group ( UKH0021 ) 145 Communities and Local Government Committee, Housing for older people (Second Report, Session 2017–19, HC 370) 146 Written evidence from McCarthy Stone ( UKH0040 ) 147 Written evidence from Centre for Ageing Better ( UKH0051 ) 148 Ibid. 149 Written evidence from Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research ( UKH0028 ) 150 Written evidence from McCarthy Stone ( UKH0040 ), see also Knight Frank, Seniors Housing Development Update 2021 : https://www.knightfrank.com/research/report-library/ seniors-housing-development-update-2021–8317.aspx [accessed 24 November 2021] 151 Written evidence from UK Cohousing Network ( UKH0033 ) 152 Ibid. 153 Written evidence from the Intergenerational Foundation ( UKH0022 ) 154 Ibid. 155 Written evidence from McCarthy Stone ( UKH0040 ) 156 Q 90 (Rt Hon. Christopher Pincher MP) 157 Written evidence from Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research ( UKH0028 ) 158 House of Commons Library, Housing an ageing population: a reading list, Briefing Paper, Number 09239 , 3 June 2021 159 Written evidence from Nationwide Foundation ( UKH0084 ) 160 Q 90 (Rt Hon. Christopher Pincher MP) < Back Next > © Parliamentary copyright 2021 A-Z index Glossary Contact us Freedom of Information Jobs Using this website Copyright Privacy notice Cookie policy Cookie Manager House of Lords - Meeting housing demand - Built Environment Committee Accessibility Email alerts RSS feeds Contact us Home Parliamentary business MPs, Lords & offices About Parliament Get involved Visiting Education House of Commons House of Lords What's on Bills & legislation Committees Publications & records Parliament TV News Topics Meeting housing demand Contents Chapter 4: SME housebuilders