Social Integration APPG publishes interim report on generational fairness

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Integration has published its interim report on generational fairness.

Entitled ‘Healing the Generational Divide’ the report features policy proposals for ensuring greater equality between the ages.

The Housing LIN submitted written evidence to the APPG’s hearings on intergenerational housing.

The report features specific recommendations on housing including:

• Local authorities should work closely with the private sector to encourage the expansion of initiatives which use existing housing to foster intergenerational connection, such as:
  • Young people living in residential homes for discounted or no rent, in return for offering a set number of hours of volunteering in the home per month.
  • Homesharing, which enables younger people to live in an older person’s house for discounted rent, in exchange for providing support and companionship.
  • Retrofitting for cohousing, which involves transforming an existing neighbourhood into a cohousing community.
• All schools of architecture and architectural practices throughout the UK should be encouraged and supported to explore how living spaces can be designed to promote intergenerational connection. These designs should involve regular dialogue with people of different generations, and could include:
  • Integrating general needs housing with housing for those needing extra care.
  • Multi-generational homes through which different generations within a family can live together.
• Local authorities should look to have policies in their local plans which encourage and enable intergenerational design.
• Cities and towns need to be designed for all ages, to reduce the urban-rural divide between younger and older people.

You can read the report, and the Housing LIN’s submission to the APPG, by clicking the link below.