Our services

• Assessing the market for:
  • Housing designed for older people, across all tenures and housing types
  • Supported accommodation for people with social care/support needs
  • Accessible and fully adapted housing
  • Housing that is designed to be flexible and adapt to people over the life course
• Quantitative and qualitative research

Researching the housing aspirations of older people in Torbay

Client

• Torbay Council

Our role

• Undertaking a market assessment - researching the housing aspirations of older people in Torbay.
• In association with the Local Government Association’s Housing Advisor Programme (opens new window)

Objectives

• The Council required a market assessment of the demand for housing options suited to an ageing population
• The evidence base was required as the basis of a strategy for housing in later life.

Impact

• The market assessment and research has informed the development of the Council’s Strategy for Housing in Later Life.
• The research has also informed the Council’s market strategy for adult social care and detailed design guidance for extra care housing.
• It provides a more finely grained analysis of specific housing needs to inform the Local Plan review and an evidence base for a Supplementary Planning Document and guidance for developers/investors on housing for later life in Torbay.