Resource Library

On 1 October 2025 – the International Day of Older Persons – HCR Law hosted a roundtable at its Cheltenham office, which our CEO, Jeremy Porteus, was delighted to attend, bringing together experts from the housing and care sectors. This report highlights the key findings and takeaways from that roundtable.

This manifesto provides startling facts and figures, including about the lack of specialist housing choices many older people experience in Wales as well as the poor of quality housing and its considerable impact on the health of older people to age well.

This report from the NAO examines the effectiveness of the government’s approach to identifying and managing frailty on non-hospital based services in England. With some references to home but no emphasis on housing, it particularly considers the growing problem of frailty, how best to support people living with frailty and links to the new plans for neighbourhood health services.

This report, launched by Bield Housing and developed in partnership with Socialudo, sets out a 20-year vision for how Scotland can better enable people to live well, safely and independently at home.

This report, published by Everon Group in partnership with Howz, sets out a series of recommendations for government, local authorities, housing providers and health services.

This Motor Neurone Disease Association report shows that Disabled Facilities Grant delivery is a postcode lottery, impacted by unacceptably long wait times, unfair and inconsistent means testing, and variable approaches to the application of the means test and grant levels. It explains that these issues prevent many people with MND from making urgently required adaptations to their homes.

This Public Health Wales guide supports local authorities in Wales to design, plan and create places that enable people to live healthier, happier lives. It outlines how health can be embedded in Welsh Local Development Plan processes.

Co-produced with the Centre for Ageing Better, this research from the Fabian Society highlights an urgent need to ensure more mainstream homes are decent and accessible for an ageing society, and calls for the government to act.

This toolkit by award-winning architects, Archio, draws on their expert knowledge and the lived experience of residents to share lessons on designing for everyday issues people face in their neighbourhoods.