Government advisor David Halpern’s suggestions that the elderly go back to work and downsize are controversial but make sense on many levels. The number of pensioners will rise from 12 million to 16 million by 2050 and, with an average retirement of 25 years funding retirement is set to become one of the government’s biggest [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2012
We applaud Shelter’s call to tackle rogue landlords
February 10, 2012 – 9:54 am
Shelter’s call to the government to tackle rogue landlords who supply dangerous and poorly maintained homes should be applauded. Last year, there was a shocking 86,000 complaints from tenants living in substandard accommodation and 15,000 of those were repeat complaints. Shelter is right – the government needs to take a tough stance on private landlords [...]
Why are tax payers funding the housing of tenants earning more than £100,000 per annum?
February 9, 2012 – 9:11 am
This week’s leaked Whitehall report which suggested there are 15,000 tenants in social housing with household incomes of more than £80,000 – with 6,000 earning more than £100,000 this makes a mockery of our welfare system. How did it come to this and why are tax payers funding their housing? Also, it transpires that a [...]
We welcome calls to reform fragmented care system
February 9, 2012 – 9:06 am
I applaud the call from MPs to create a single local body to commission health, support services and housing. The reform of the UK’s care system is long overdue – it is complex, fragmented and has resulted in people being passed ‘like parcels’ between systems. Having one integrated and joined up system will go a [...]
Government’s Housing Strategy overlooks needs of retired
February 7, 2012 – 10:08 am
There has been some good news for the housing industry. At the start of the month, Housing Minister Grant Shapps launched the Government’s flagship Housing Strategy with a flurry of measures set to ‘get Britain building again’ and promising to put housing ‘centre stage’. And, apparently progress has been made already – with government owned [...]
