Private Sector

The private sector has played an important role in the provision of Extra Care housing for over 20 years. The information on this page is aimed at helping developers and managers from the private sector and commissioners from the public sector to form partnerships.

Multihousing 2017: PRS Research

This report by Knight Frank forecasts that by the end of 2021 nearly one in four households will be living in the PRS. It sees multi-housing becoming attractive to a cohort of older people

Will the private extra care market take off in 2014?

This Housing LIN Viewpoint No 61 looks at the prospects for the 'independent' sector rising to the housing and care challenge and making its mark this year. People are living longer lives - but how...

Private rented Extra Care: a new market?

This Factsheet No 32 explores the question of whether there is a market for extra care housing in the private rented sector, and if so, what role it might play within the spectrum of tenure and care...

Integrating Retirement Villages with the Local Community at Painswick

Case Study No 41 - This case study describes Painswick Retirement Village, a private development in the Cotswolds. It profiles the models of housing and care provided and explores integration of the...

Combining Extra Care Housing with Health Care Services at Barton Mews

Housing LIN Case Study No 40 - This case study describes Barton Mews, in the rural village of Barton under Needwood in Staffordshire, a private development in partnership with a Primary Care Trust that...

Safe as houses - what drives investment in social care

This CSCI report focuses on how bankers and others view investment in social care and raises some of the implications for the future development of personalised care. The report focuses primarily on...

Sheffield's Vision for Older People (December 2006)

Presentation by Liz Cook, Sheffield City Council, at the Private Sector Housing LIN meeting in Sheffield on 02 12 2006

The potential for independent care home providers to develop Extra Care housing

A Housing LIN Factsheet No17 that provides information for care and nursing home owners interested in developing extra care housing and includes some case studies. Also information for local authority...

Private Sector and Extra Care Housing Event, 02 12 2005

Published by Housing LIN, December 2005 Report by Ian Wright on a meeting in Sheffield on the private sector and extra care housing

Planning for Smaller Households (December 2005)

Published by Housing LIN, December 2005 Brochure published by the Retirement Housing Group of the Home Builders Federation; research by Anglia Ruskin University. The demographic shift in population...

Demographic Changes - future models of provision for older people

Published by Housing LIN, December 2005 Presentation by Jeremy Porteus, CSIP Housing LIN, at the Private Sector Housing LIN meeting in Sheffield on 02 12 2005.

Private Sector Assisted Living Models

Published by Housing LIN, December 2006 Presentation by Mark Willis, Aviva Lifestyles, at the Private sector Housing LIN meeting in Sheffield on 02 12 2006

Elderly people and private Extra Care - housing needs and aspirations

This is a presentation made to a Housing LIN seminar summarising the implications of changing demographics on the demand for extra care housing. In particular it considers the impact of a more sophisticated...

Private sector provision of Extra care housing

A Housing LIN Factsheet No7 intended to help statutory authorities commissioning extra care housing and private developers work together effectively. It covers policy background, planning issues and...