GM Older People’s Network Me and My Home – Housing Manifesto update

17th January 2018

GMOPN

June 29th 2017

• You said many things about what you want

• Me and My Home: Our Housing Manifesto

Our headline ask:

We believe that everyone should have access to a

decent home, whatever their age, including in later life

• We need homes that are warm, safe and in good repair and help to achieve this

• free, independent and impartial housing options advice

• trustworthy handyperson and home improvement agencies to enable us to maintain our homes

• easy access to adaptations, including new technologies.

• We want neighbourhoods that are designed to be inclusive and enable us to remain active members of our communities.

• The needs of an ageing population in all main documents and strategies.

• Health professionals to offer a housing assessment as part of the integration of housing, health and social care systems.

• Closer links between health and housing.

• More imaginative housing options for older people to meet the range of diverse needs in later life

• Housing specifically for older people available in localities so people can maintain social and family connections

• Older people want to be involved

• Organise

• Have your say

• Invitation to present at the British Society of Gerontology conference in Manchester in July

Who needs to read this?

• Andy Burnham – Elaine Unegbu sent it to him• GM Ageing Hub – Housing and Planning Group• GM Spatial Framework consultation

• Leaders and housing leads in each local authority • Manchester• Rochdale• Any others?

• Housing providers – already been passed to the GM Housing providers group

• Older People across Greater Manchester