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Sheffield

Older People’s Independent Living (OPIL)

Housing Strategy 2017-2021

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Contents

Summary …………………………………………………………………... p.3

Foreword …………………………………………………………………... p.4

Section 1 About the strategy ………………………………………...…..

The current context …………………………………………...

Key challenges and priorities ………………………………..

p.5

p.6

p.10

Section 2 Age-friendly homes and lifetime neighbourhoods ………. p.12

Section 3 Increasing the delivery of OPIL housing …………………… p.14

Section 4 Improving the choice of OPIL housing and the capacity to access it

p.18

Section 5 Improving support to help people stay safe and well in their own homes

p.21

Appendix A Housing types & independent living solutions covered by this strategy

p.23

Appendix B Delivering appropriate OPIL housing on different sized sites

p.24

Appendix C Delivery Plan ……………………..………………………….... p.25

Appendix D Performance Indicators …………………………………...…. p.28

Appendix E SCC Independent Living Design Principles p.29

Appendix F Links with other strategies and plans p.30

Glossary …………………………………………………………………... p.31

Summary

Purpose of the strategy:

This strategy sets out how we plan to meet the housing needs and aspirations of

Sheffield’s increasingly diverse and growing older population. One of the key

reasons for developing the strategy is the city’s current lack of age-friendly housing

and the recognition that without a more strategic approach this deficit will grow in line

with our growing older population, having a detrimental impact on lifestyle choices,

communities and health and wellbeing levels.

Its vision is to help deliver age-friendly homes and lifetime neighbourhoods that facilitate active-ageing and intergenerational living.

The strategy is intended to inform and guide developers of general needs and specialist housing, commissioners and service providers working in the public, private and voluntary and community sectors.

What it covers:

This strategy covers housing designed for older people’s independent living (OPIL)

in all tenures across the public and private sectors. It includes accessible general

needs housing and specialist older people’s housing with varying degrees of support

and/or care on hand but it excludes care homes.

The strategy also sets out how we plan to make better use of some of the housing-

related support and solutions that can facilitate independent living for older age

groups.

Priorities:

The strategy has identified three broad priority areas:

Increasing the delivery of OPIL housing

Improving the choice of OPIL housing and the capacity to access it

Improving support to help people stay safe and well in their own homes

Delivery:

The strategy includes a delivery plan which outlines key activity to help achieve its

priorities. A set of performance indicators will also be agreed to help monitor

progress and the strategy’s overall success in meeting its aims.

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Foreword

Our population is living longer, bringing benefits and opportunities for Sheffield but it also presents some important challenges. These are discussed in more detail in this strategy.

In a City for All Ages: making Sheffield a great place to grow older we set out our strategic approach to meeting the challenges of an ageing population, and recognised that how we experience old age is determined largely by factors that occur at earlier stages. Through this strategy we want to ensure that we have appropriate homes that enable active ageing so that our population will be able to access homes that allow them to age well and continue living independently for as long as possible.

A wider choice of housing designed specifically or for older age groups helps to free up homes for larger families and plays an important role in the wider preventative approach the Council and its partners are taking to reduce the unsustainable amounts of money we already spend on high levels care and support. This includes costs arising from the above average levels of placements in care homes that are made in Sheffield, both for assessed places and by self-funders.

Sheffield has a significant deficit in accessible general needs and specialist housing for older age groups, and we know that planned housing delivery is unlikely to reduce this shortfall. New age-friendly housing is therefore a big part of our housing growth plans.

The majority of people of all ages will continue to live in older properties built over fifty years ago though and we can therefore expect demand for adapting existing properties and other support to help people live safe and well at home to grow in the future. Meeting these demands and responding to people’s housing aspirations in an uncertain financial landscape will require us to be creative about new models of housing with care and support, including better integration and commissioning across social care services. It will mean the Council and its partners in the public, private, voluntary and community sectors developing more innovative and sustainable approaches. And it will also requires having conversations with older age groups at the right times about the different housing options that help people to sustain independence, and generally improving levels of knowledge and understanding about the available choices and support.

Taking full advantage of these and other opportunities to develop a more suitable and attractive housing offer and provide support to help people stay safe and well in their homes will make a significant contribution to creating an age-friendly city where people of all ages live healthy, active independent lives and enjoy everything that the city has to offer.

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Section 1 – About the strategy

What this strategy covers

This strategy covers housing designed specifically for older age groups or with older people in mind for independent living. This includes accessible general needs housing which is well-designed, accessible and adaptable for fully independent living, and specialist older people’s housing with varying degrees of support and/or care on hand if required. It covers housing in both the private and social sectors, for rent and ownership (including leasehold). We call this older people’s independent living (OPIL) housing. See appendix A for a more detailed definition OPIL housing.

The strategy also sets out how we plan to make better use of some of the housing-related support and solutions that can help to facilitate independent living for older age groups. These include equipment and adaptations, assistive living technology, ‘care at home’ services, allocation policies, financial support, affordable warmth solutions and information and guidance.

The strategy’s scope does not include high level care and support, or residential and nursing care homes; more information about our approach to these types of homes and services can be found in Sheffield’s Market Position Statement – Adult Social Care1.

Who the strategy is intended for

Meeting the housing needs and aspiration of Sheffield’s diverse ageing population can only be achieved by private, public, voluntary and community sectors working together to provide a better housing offer. This strategy is therefore intended to inform and guide developers of general needs and specialist housing, commissioners and service providers working in all of these sectors.

What we want to achieve

Age-friendly housing can significantly improve the quality of life in older age and allow the diverse benefits that older people bring to Sheffield to be fully realised. Building more suitable homes also frees up family housing and releases capital into the local economy, and potentially helps us to reduce our levels of care home admissions in line with other areas

This strategy sets out how we plan to meet the housing needs and aspirations of Sheffield’s increasingly diverse older population. In A city for all ages: making Sheffield a great place to grow older we set out our vision for becoming an age-friendly city in which people live healthy, active independent lives and enjoy everything that the city has to offer. This means providing diverse, safe and sustainable housing which is appropriate for people’s needs and lifestyle choices.

1 https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/caresupport/professionals-providers/scap/future-plans/mps.html

Our vision for Sheffield: Age-friendly homes and lifetime neighbourhoods

High quality accessible housing and neighbourhoods that facilitate active-ageing and intergenerational living, which meet the diverse needs and aspirations of older age groups and encourage them to remain living in the city and continue contributing to its social, civic and economic life.

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Why a strategy is needed – the current context and issues we need to address

A growing ageing population

By 2034 the number of people living in Sheffield aged 65 and over is projected to have increased to 124,000 from 92,000 in 2015, with a near doubling of the 85+ population. Our older population will be increasingly diverse, including more BME and LGBT people, and people living with a range of health conditions and disabilities.

This is something to celebrate and a large older population brings benefits for the city: older people are workers, volunteers, taxpayers and carers. People aged 65 and over in 2013 contributed six times more to the UK economy through employment, informal caring and volunteering, than the money spent on social care by local authorities2.

Although the vast majority of older people don’t access social care (and usually don’t want to), without interventions to improve health and wellbeing it is projected that over the next 15 years the numbers of people aged 65 and over who are unable to perform even basic self-care and domestic tasks will increase by one third3.

Our growing number of older households is likely to contribute to an increased demand for independent living solutions and support. Demand for Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs), which are used to adapt private sector and housing association properties, is forecast to increase by 10% year on year, while the need for homecare is expected to grow by between 2 and 12 individuals per month up to 20204. It is therefore important that many new homes built in the future are designed to be accessible and adaptable.

The financial context

Suitable housing and support for older people reduces demand for high level care and support but Sheffield has a significant shortfall in its provision of specialist housing for older people.

Government expectation is that local authorities will become largely self-sustaining. SCC’s ‘net revenue budget’ reduced by nearly a third in the five years to 2015/16, and the money we received from Government reduced by more than 50%. We therefore need to look at how the city’s housing can positively influence our expenditure on care and support, and increase opportunities for ‘self-care’.

2 Age UK Chief Economist’s Report, spring 2014 3 Projecting Older People Population Information (POPPI)

4 The Needs Assessment for Homecare Services in Sheffield, SCC (2016)

Sheffield already has a

larger population of

older people than

most of the major

cities in the UK, and

this is expected to

increase further driven

by improvements in

health, lifestyles and

living standards.

Those classified as

‘older’ range from

people in their 50s to

those over 100, and

older people have an

increasing role to play

in the economic,

social and cultural

success of the city.

The past five years

have been a time of

huge financial

pressures and

Sheffield will continue

to face major

challenges, including

the impact of austerity

on local public

services.

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Financial savings by providing Older People’s Independent Living (OPIL) housing

A growing body of research has demonstrated the financial case for investing in housing that meets the needs of older people, including the net savings to expenditure on public services delivered by specialist housing5 and of extra care housing to NHS spend6.

Healthy housing and care in the home services can also help to reduce and delay new care home placements. In Sheffield the rate of placement in care homes is much higher than the national average7, and we are also seeing a growing number of self-funders whose assets have reduced to the point where Council funding is now required to fund their placements.

Providing well-designed, accessible general needs housing also has the potential to make an important contribution to reducing health and social care costs. In Sheffield, the annual cost to society of fall hazards associated with older people living in private housing has been estimated at £10 million8, with an estimated achievable saving of £9 million through mitigating these hazards.

Adapting homes can keep people safe and well in their homes but the Council and its partners who help to fund adaptations for some households need to identify sustainable funding models as demand increases from a growing older population.

Low supply of OPIL housing

Sheffield has a significant shortfall in its provision of specialist housing for older people. Modelling by the University of Sheffield found a shortfall of 2,430 units in 2015 and the Housing LIN’s SHOP@ online tool found an even greater shortfall of 4,511 units (larger than most comparator cities in the UK). Both models suggest this shortfall will have nearly doubled by 2034.

The lack of accessible general needs housing is more difficult to quantify but research by the University of Sheffield9 suggests that affordable choices for downsizing and lifestyle moves for older age groups are limited, more so than in many neighbouring areas.

Limited choice & distribution of current provision

Existing specialist housing in the city is also of a limited range, predominantly provided by the social sector, and it is unevenly distributed, with private provision largely concentrated in a small

5 Financial benefits of investment in specialist housing for vulnerable and older people. Frontier Economics

(2010) 6 Collaborative Research between ARCHA and the ExtraCare Charitable Trust, Aston University (2015)

7 2014/15 Permanent admissions of older people (aged 65 and over)to residential and nursing care homes,

per100,000 population (ASCOF 2Aii) 8 Sheffield Private Sector Housing Sector Modelling Report , BRE (2015)

9 Older people’s housing and place – Aspirations for future generations, DWELL University of Sheffield (2016)

A growing body of

research has

demonstrated the

financial case for

investing in housing

that meets the needs

of older people

The annual cost to

society of fall hazards

associated with older

people living in

private housing has

been estimated at £10

million in Sheffield

Housing designed to

be accessible and

easily adaptable in the

first place will help to

reduce the cost of

meeting the growing

demand for

adaptations in the

long term

Existing specialist

housing in the city is

of a limited range and

unevenly distributed

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number of the city’s neighbourhoods located in the south west of the city. This uneven distribution is likely to be contributing to the spatial nature of inequality in the city, which is starker than in most comparable cities in England10.

Our older households

Two thirds of Sheffield’s older households are owner occupiers. Nearly one third of households live in the social sector (council or housing association tenants) and just 4% live in the private rented sector but this sector could well rise based on current tenure trends. Only a small percentage (around 5%) live in specialist accommodation, although with increased provision this could be expected to rise in future decades.

Sheffield’s Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) found that 21% (11,743) of households aged 65 and over were planning to move over the next five years, with 2,499 of these aged 80 and over. 69% of older households planning to move wanted independent accommodation, including around 1,300 owner occupier households who wanted to downsize.

The SHMA also found there were some older households expecting to move into independent accommodation although they would prefer supported housing, potentially a reflection of the a lack of availability or affordability of current specialist housing for older people.

Affordability of current housing

In some parts of the city the cost of retirement housing is comparable to the average house price, however in weaker housing markets it is notably higher and this can mean that homeowners don’t have the necessary housing equity to access more suitable housing. This suggests products such as shared ownership are important for this group to access OPIL housing, alongside advice and promotion of the different types of ownership model.

The average extra care (sometimes called assisted living) property for sale is well above the average house price in all but a couple of the city’s thirteen distinct housing market areas, which suggests that current provision is unaffordable and more mixed tenure and alternative ownership models would ensure this housing choice becomes more widely accessible.

Overall, the group most likely to receive state help with housing costs are those on low incomes living in social rent properties. Homeowners with low housing equity, savings and incomes face a particular struggle to access specialist OPIL housing, and those just above means-tested thresholds (such as those used for Disabled Facilities Grants) will also struggle to be able to afford to

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Making Sheffield Fairer, Sheffield Fairness Commission (2013)

The majority of older

households are

homeowners, with

just 5% living in

specialist

accommodation

Around 21% of older

households are

planning to move in

the next five years,

with the majority

wanting general

needs housing

In many areas of the

city with below

average house prices

older homeowners

looking to move into a

retirement property

will lack the

necessary housing

equity

Products such as

shared ownership are

important for allowing

many older

homeowners to

purchase a typical

retirement property in

the city

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adequately maintain or adapt their home.

Low delivery of OPIL housing

Planned delivery of specialist OPIL housing by the public and private sectors will not meet future levels of need. The lack of specialist developers operating in the city is one factor, as is the uncertain financial and funding climate. It is important therefore to look at how we can help developers to overcome the barriers, including viability issues, they face and how we can increase supply through direct delivery and commissioning.

Changing lifestyles and aspirations

Aspirations for later life are changing, driven by different lifestyles, values and expectations from previous generations. When considering what types housing are required, life stages rather than chronological age can often be more helpful in understanding aspirations and reasons for moving. The ‘third age’ has been used to describe the (semi-) retired who still lead very active lifestyles, often encompassing helping with grandchildren, volunteering and hobbies. The ‘fourth age’ is characterised by a less active lifestyle, with increasing requirements for support and care, declining health and mobility, and greater risks of loneliness and isolation.

Research in the city by the University of Sheffield11 found that opportunities for lifestyles synonymous with third age living are being limited by the lack of housing choices in the city. Researchers were told that housing for ‘third agers’ should broadly meet the HAPPI criteria i.e. accessible housing in good locations that enabled ‘third agers’ to continue living an active and social lifestyle.

For the ‘fourth age’, lifetime homes (comparable to Category 2 under the Building Regulations Part M 2015 classifications) were considered suitable, particularly if connections to the wider community are still made to help prevent loneliness and isolation. Aspirations for specialist OPIL housing included feeling a connection to the past; staying active and mobile; feeling safe and secure; maintaining meaningful relationships (in the community and across distances); feeling connected to the present and future; being allowed to ‘be me’ (avoiding institutionalisation and stereotyping); and feeling comfortable (physically and mentally).

Benefits for the wider housing market

Focussing on meeting the housing needs and aspirations of older people is one of the most effective ways to meet the housing needs of adults of all ages12. It does this directly by helping to release larger housing in all tenures, unblocking smaller homes further down the housing chain, but it can also free up capital and

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Older people’s housing and place – Aspirations for future generations, DWELL University of Sheffield (2016) 12

Future of the welfare state thinkpiece, Lyons, Green and Hudson (2016)

The cost of

purchasing extra care

housing outright is

beyond the means of

the majority of older

households

Homeowners with low

equity and incomes

face a particular

struggle to access

age-friendly housing

Aspirations for later

life are changing – life

stages rather than

chronological age is

more helpful in

designing housing for

later life

Housing designed to

HAPPI principles and

lifetime homes

standards are

important for meeting

modern aspirations

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give some older homeowners the opportunity to help children and grandchildren to access their own homes if they so wish.

It is important to recognise, however, that there can be compelling practical and emotional reasons which outweigh the benefits of downsizing. The potential financial benefits can also vary significantly depending on the types of homes being considered, and homeowners may also need to be mindful of depreciating a major capital asset by moving into a smaller home. Older households should therefore not feel pressure to downsize but we should try to provide options so they have more choices.

Addressing these challenges and delivering suitable housing for an age-friendly city will require the public and private sector working together.

In order to address the key housing challenges that have been identified and deliver suitable housing for an age-friendly city we have identified three broad objectives for the Council and its partners to focus on over the next five years. These are:

Increasing the delivery of OPIL housing

Improving the choice of OPIL housing and the capacity to access it

Improving support to help people stay safe and well in their own homes

OPIL housing in Sheffield: Key challenges

Delivering housing and neighbourhoods that maximise all of the benefits that older age groups are able to make to social, civic and economic life of the city

Addressing the significant and growing deficit in the supply of general needs and specialist OPIL housing

Addressing the uneven distribution of specialist OPIL housing across the city which contributes to existing geographical inequalities in the city

Addressing the weak viability and uncertain funding environment for specialist OPIL housing

Increasing the number of developers delivering OPIL housing in the city

Reducing the costs to health and social care services arising from older residents with care and support needs living in unsuitable housing.

Improving the particularly limited housing choices for some groups such as homeowners with limited resources/equity levels, and options for BME populations and people with learning disabilities who may face particular problems accessing age-friendly housing

Meeting the changing aspirations of our increasingly diverse older population and the need for this to be reflected in the designs of new housing.

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Some of the key roles we have identified for the Council and our partners are:

Key Roles for Sheffield City Council

Identification of need & appropriate solutions

Providing the evidence of what’s needed and where; working with partners to develop sustainable models of OPIL housing and support; improving the financial viability of specialist OPIL housing.

Place-shaping Master planning of new strategic housing sites to ensure a choice of OPIL housing and delivering Lifetime neighbourhoods which facilitate self-care and active ageing.

Enabling development of OPIL housing

Ensuring appropriate planning policies and infrastructure for age-friendly housing and neighbourhoods; land assembly for the delivery of suitable housing; attracting new developers to the city and working directly with housing developers to overcome barriers to development.

Direct provision of OPIL housing

Contingent on resources, delivering new OPIL housing including new accessible general needs housing as part the Council’s housing stock increase programme

Commissioning of independent living solutions

Commissioning services, including jointly with health partners; enabling providers to make efficiencies and reduce their costs, including opportunities for providers to deliver cost effective care and support services in clustered or grouped accommodation with a shared care provider.

Key Roles for Partners

Delivering more OPIL, including for ownership/shared ownership

Designing and delivering accessible housing with a diverse older population in mind; delivering more housing for shared ownership e.g. through Older People’s Shared Ownership Scheme to increase capacity of owners of lower value properties to access more accessible general needs or specialist housing.

Helping to widen choice of general needs OPIL housing in neighbourhoods

Liaising with the Council to understand neighbourhood housing requirements, including the needs of older households in order to help provide genuine housing choices and opportunities to downsize.

Working with the Council to identify sustainable solutions to support independent living

Developing innovative solutions that reflect the move towards outcome-based contracts and which will enhance self-care abilities and help retain people’s links with their local communities; identifying solutions that utilise the latest technology to deliver more cost effective solutions for allowing people to live safe and well in their own homes;

Joint commissioning Joint commissioning by health, social care and housing partners of assessments, care and support services, and specialist housing.

Place-shaping Residents, delivery partners, social care and health partners working with the Council to shape neighbourhoods through neighbourhood planning and master planning processes

Key Roles for Older Generations

Planning ahead Consider changing needs and aspirations in future years and how to make the most of later life by sustaining independence. Where necessary invest in housing, transport, technology and other key elements for supporting active lifestyles.

Take opportunities to participate and contribute to communities

Get involved in opportunities for neighbourhood planning and partnerships; find out about support and facilities in the local area and help to spread the word to friends and family.

Section 2 - Age-friendly Homes and Lifetime Neighbourhoods

We want Sheffield to be a city where age-friendly housing and lifetime neighbourhoods are the

norm. These types of housing and neighbourhoods are supportive of a number of strategic

objectives at both a local and national level, and will help the Council and its partners to meet

many of their key goals for Sheffield.

A lifetime neighbourhood13 has a number of key components that encompass accessibility, social

networks, the built and natural environments, services and amenities, residential empowerment,

and a range of affordable housing choices based on inclusive design principles (Figure 1).

The key components of lifetime neighbourhoods are conducive to the formation of informal support networks and the empowerment of communities. The outcomes for individuals and communities include greater resilience and an enhanced capacity for living independently of statutory support, and when statutory support is required to augment community support it is more likely to be at a

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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lifetime-neighbourhoods--2

Image courtesy of DWELL (University of Sheffield)

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later stage and less of it is needed. The characteristics of age-friendly housing and lifetime neighbourhoods which we want to facilitate include:

High quality, accessible housing that facilitates good health and active-ageing, prolonging or removing the need for high levels of care or a move into a care home

These types of housing are supportive of the Care Act 2014’s requirement on local authorities to help prevent, delay or reduce the development of need for care and support. Age-friendly housing types include:

- Homes that are designed to be accessible and adaptable (e.g. Category 2 under the Building Regulations Part M 2015 classifications)

- Wheelchair user dwellings (Category 3 under the Building Regulations Part M 2015 classifications)

- Homes that designed to HAPPI14 principles, and with consideration of changing aspirations and lifestyles of older generations: working or studying from home; childcare and grandchildren; family members or very elderly parents.

- Housing incorporating or designed with assistive technology in mind

- Homes built to the Council’s Independent Living Design Principles (Appendix E)

Housing and neighbourhoods which facilitate intergenerational living and allow people to ‘age in place’, close to family and friends and support networks

These types of housing and neighbourhoods are synonymous with ‘lifetime neighbourhoods’, which we aim to facilitate through our Planning policies and guidance. They offer the opportunity of creating a community of active carers and greater potential to self-care. An age-friendly housing offer to help facilitate these types of neighbourhoods includes:

- High quality homes that attract people to downsize

- Housing that is designed with multi-generational households in mind

- Housing with support and/or care available for semi-independent living

- Housing of different sizes, affordability and tenure types for families and single person households

- Housing integrated into neighbourhood centres, transport networks and local community infrastructure

A wider housing offer that meets the diverse needs and aspirations of older age groups, encouraging people to remain in the city in later life and continue to participate and contribute to the social, civic and economic life of Sheffield

Our older population is becoming increasingly diverse. Under the Equalities Act 2010 we must ensure that individuals from different communities, cultures and beliefs are considered when we commission care and support services, and in shaping markets for services.

We therefore need to deliver more housing that is designed with the needs of different older populations in mind, including:

- Different BME groups who may have particular cultural or religious requirements, some of whom are more likely to live in multi-generational households

- People with mental and physical disabilities, including older people with learning difficulties

- Semi-retired households who may still require office space to facilitate home-working

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Housing our Ageing Population Panel for Innovation (HAPPI)

Section 3 – Increasing the delivery of OPIL housing

We want partners in the public and private sectors to deliver more general needs housing that is designed with older people in mind. In the context of the housing supply challenges, SCC will take a direct lead to drive the required acceleration of new homes, including accessible and wheelchair standard homes. Key among these will be a new Planning policy that that will potentially help to deliver many more new accessible homes each year if current targets for new homes are met.

As a city, we also need to deliver much more housing with care or support for older age groups who are able to live semi-independently in the community. By the end of the lifetime of the new Sheffield Plan in 2034, we estimate 7,567 households over the age of 65 will be seeking a move into this type of housing15. Based on the current supply, this will mean delivering around 265 additional units of specialist older people’s housing each year up unto 2034 (much more than is currently being delivered).

We expect that two thirds of this specialist OPIL housing will need to be for ownership (including shared ownership) based on current supply and the tenure of our older population. The map in Figure 1shows where these new homes are needed and in what tenure16.

Figure 1: Additional units of specialist housing required by 2034

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Retirement Housing in Sheffield Supply and Demand to 2034 (unpublished), University of Sheffield 2016 16

Further housing market information for each of the 13 housing market areas shown in Figure 1 is available here: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/in-your-area/housing-services/housing-strategies/housing-market-area-profiles.html

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The table below shows some of the key gaps and challenges we have identified that are currently hindering the delivery of more OPIL housing in Sheffield, and key opportunities that could be used to help address them.

In order to address the gaps and challenges that have been identified we will focus on several key

areas of activity to help facilitate a significant increase in the delivery of housing choices for our

older population.

What we will do

PRIORITY 1: Adopt new Planning policies and supplementary planning documents (SPDs)

The development of the new Sheffield Plan, setting out how and where housing development will take place up to 2034, provides us with new opportunities for enabling more age-friendly housing for older people is delivered through our Planning policies and guidance from 2018.

We will adopt new Homes for Independent Living Policy, setting out our new requirements for the proportions of accessible and adaptable, and wheelchair adaptable dwellings for housing developments in the city.

A new Master Planning Supplementary Planning Document will also be adopted for the new Sheffield Plan. This will outline the housing requirements for strategic housing development sites with a minimum of 500 houses in the city, and specify the numbers of OPIL housing we expect to see on these sites, taking into account local housing need required on these sites.

A new Supplementary Planning Document will be prepared to support the Council’s policies relating to residential design. This will include the development of strategic residential sites, homes for independent living and required space standards.

PRIORITY 2: Fully Integrate suitable older people’s housing into Sheffield’s new housing growth strategy and housing delivery model

As part of our approach to stepping up delivery of new housing to meet Sheffield’s housing requirement for 2,150 new homes to be built in the city annually, the Council has produced a new housing growth delivery plan. The growth plan sets out our approach for delivering new strategic

Gaps Opportunities Gaps in provision of ‘age-friendly’ Planning policies and guidance, including the withdrawal of the Mobility Housing planning policy

New Local Plan (the Sheffield Plan) currently being developed, to be adopted in 2018

Piecemeal / opportunistic approach to delivering specialist schemes

New SCC housing growth strategy and housing delivery model

Financial viability of specialist OPIL schemes Sustainable, mixed tenure funding models

New types of private finance

Lack of developers delivering general needs and specialist OPIL housing operating in the city

Proactive approach to attracting and working with specialist and general needs housing providers, including single point of contact for developers proposing OPIL housing

Delivery of suitable housing through the Sheffield Housing Company and council stock increase programme

Lack of design/technical guidance for developers delivering OPIL homes in Sheffield

Design and technical guidance for developers

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housing sites across the city - utilising HCA and other available funding to help assemble land with the necessary infrastructure, which will then be brought to the market for residential development and generate funds for further housing investment across the city. This new approach will facilitate a significant increase in the scale of housing being delivered in the city over the next few years.

Age-friendly housing for older people has been recognised as an important element of this new housing growth. Using evidence from our Strategic Housing Market Assessment and research by the University of Sheffield, we will set the delivery targets for suitable general needs and specialist housing for older people on these sites. This will form part of the wider master planning process to ensure the delivery of ‘Lifetime Neighbourhoods’ on these sites, with inclusive and mixed communities. PRIORITY 3: Take a more proactive approach

A new housing delivery team will provide a single point of contact for developers. This team will include confident commercial operators who can engage proactively with landowners, investors and developers to bring forward more OPIL schemes. We will also explore the opportunity for developing a match-making service for introducing developers to suitable sites as part of this more proactive approach.

Other Actions

4. Direct delivery of OPIL housing

An Older People’s Independent Living (OPIL) Board has recently been established by SCC to address the shortage of specialist accommodation for older age groups across the city. It will focus initially on delivering 4 new large OPIL schemes and up to 3 smaller schemes on Sheffield City Council owned housing sites, and will also consider additional sites as they become available. The Board will explore a range of delivery models, including schemes owned and managed by SCC, working with developers and delivery partners in the city and the Sheffield Housing Company, and new and innovative ways of bringing in additional private finance to deliver more homes.

There will be opportunities for commissioning services, including health partners to help enable providers of care and support to make efficiencies and reduce their costs in clustered or grouped accommodation with a shared care provider. The schemes will be designed and developed to facilitate integrated health, social care, housing and community based services; where appropriate, facilities and services will also be offered to people living in the local community.

5. Monitor the delivery of accessible general needs housing to inform future requirements, commissioning plans and investment decisions

In order to guide requirements for future delivery and monitor progress in delivering accessible general needs housing, we will start to record the delivery of new general needs OPIL housing across the city. This will also help with identifying barriers and specific neighbourhoods where particular challenges may exist (or from where lessons can be learnt).

6. Refresh guidance available for developers

To provide greater guidance and clarity for developers we will refresh the Sheffield Guide for Developing Older People’s Accommodation, which includes information on the policy context, drivers of need, local provision, needs analysis, development and design process, funding and costs, and other useful information for developers of OPIL housing in Sheffield.

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Outputs we will aim to deliver over next 5 years

Adoption of new ‘age-friendly’ Planning policies to support the delivery of homes for independent living and lifetime neighbourhoods

New housing growth strategy and delivery mechanism which will deliver age-friendly housing and neighbourhoods as one of its priorities

4 new large OPIL schemes on SCC-owned housing sites

1,006 homes delivered by the Sheffield Housing Company which are internally compliant with Lifetime Homes standards, with at least 580 (and up to 848) homes also meeting level access requirements

Targets for the delivery of OPIL housing on all our strategic development sites with the capacity to deliver a minimum of 500 new homes

Proactive approach for attracting new specialist housing developers to the city

New process for monitoring the delivery of general needs OPIL housing to guide future requirements and commissioning decisions

New design guide for OPIL housing in the city

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Section 4 – Improving the choice of OPIL housing and the capacity to access it

Improving the choice of housing for our older population is not simply about increasing the delivery of age-friendly homes; it also requires a better distribution of homes across the city and improving people’s capacity to access them. This will necessitate a greater degree of master planning and finding ways to support groups whose housing choices may be particularly limited. These groups include home owners in low value properties and/or low incomes, who struggle to afford retirement housing but who are unlikely to move into social sector schemes; older people from BME communities and from the LGBT communities who are often less likely to access current specialist housing; and housing options for older people with learning disabilities.

The table below shows some of the key gaps and challenges that are currently limiting the housing options of older people in many parts of the city, and opportunities for addressing them.

In order to address the gaps and challenges that have been identified we will focus on several key

areas of activity to widen the choice of housing options and improve older people’s capacity to

access age-friendly housing.

What we will do

PRIORITY 1: Utilise master planning and neighbourhood plans to ensure a wider choice of age-friendly housing in neighbourhoods

We will produce master plans for all new large strategic housing sites in the city which will incorporate plans and delivery targets for general needs and specialist OPIL housing.

Through our guidance and support for neighbourhood planning, we will enable communities to develop their own solutions for delivering age-friendly neighbourhood plans, including sharing our evidence and analysis about local housing requirements and examples of good design principles.

We will include requirements for older people’s housing in all guidance provided to developers and landlords who request information about local housing need for their development sites.

Gaps Opportunities Uneven citywide distribution of OPIL housing Master planning and neighbourhood plans

Support for older custom/self-builders, co-housing groups

Mapping of the ‘age-friendliness’ of neighbourhoods, including local housing provision to guide commissioning

Unaffordability of much specialist OPIL housing for ownership

Increase delivery of homes for alternative ownership models

Better matching of suitable council properties to tenants and tenancy conditions for keeping pets in council schemes

Review current allocation policy and policies on pets

Negative perceptions and lack of understanding about different types of specialist OPIL housing; outdated terminology used for some social sector OPIL housing in comparison to private sector provision

Review public sector approach to marketing OPIL housing and the terminology used by the Council and Registered Providers

Under representation of some minority groups in existing specialist schemes.

Work with partners and individuals to improve our understanding of particular problems faced by some groups and explore solutions such as co-production

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PRIORITY 2: Review and amend our allocation policies and tenancy conditions to provide better access for older tenants to more suitable council homes

We know that improvements can be made to the way we allocate to SCC-managed OPIL schemes to ensure accommodation is better matched to the requirements of tenants, and that tenancy conditions on pets can also sometimes deter older tenants from choosing to move into more age-friendly housing. SCC is currently reviewing both of these issues to identify how we can make it easier for older tenants to access more suitable housing and make the best use of our housing stock, while ensuring that policies don’t increase voids.

PRIORITY 3: Support delivery of more OPIL housing for alternative ownership models

Shared ownership and other alternative options for ownership, including lifetime leases, deferred payment plans and shared equity, can allow owner occupiers with low equity and savings to purchase retirement properties.

We will look at delivering homes for shared ownership as part of new mixed tenure OPIL developments by SCC and the Sheffield Housing Company, and work with housing associations to explore how we can increase the delivery of other alternative ownership models for new OPIL schemes in the city.

Other Actions

4. Explore how we can provide better support for ‘alternative’ models of provision and management of OPIL housing

SCC is already supporting custom build homes in the city and was one of only 11 local authorities given vanguard status as part of the Government’s ‘Right to Build’ scheme. We will look at how Custom Build Sheffield can provide additional support for self-builders and community groups looking to build their own age-friendly housing and co-housing schemes, and explore opportunities with the Sheffield Cohousing Network for supporting OPIL developments.

5. Explore ways to address low-take up of specialist housing among some groups and for

improving provision for some older residents with more specific housing needs

We know that some older groups, including people from BME and LGBT communities, and people with learning disabilities, can sometimes face additional problems in accessing suitable housing, and are more likely to suffer isolation or live in housing of a poor quality. We will continue to develop our understanding of the barriers that these groups can face and explore options for delivering more suitable accommodation and support services to assist with independent living, including co-production methods for designing housing and support services.

6. Tackling negative perceptions of council managed OPIL schemes

Negative or outdated perceptions about Council OPIL schemes and a lack of knowledge about contemporary models of housing with care and/or support can be a barrier to older people considering moves to age-friendly housing at an earlier stage.

Through SCC’s OPIL Programme Board we will look at how we can address negative perceptions and improve knowledge about the contemporary models of housing with care and/or support that the Council and its partners are currently developing. This may include a new approach to marketing and providing training for frontline staff.

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Outputs we will aim to deliver over next 5 years

Master plans for all strategic housing sites with provision for OPIL housing

Increased provision of OPIL housing in Sheffield with alternative ownership models

Improved support for custom build and co-housing which delivers age-friendly housing

Improved allocation policies to better match tenants with suitable housing and reduce barriers to moving for social tenants

Improved housing options for groups facing particular barriers in accessing suitable housing

Improved perceptions and knowledge about council-managed OPIL schemes

Section 5 – Improving support to help people to stay safe and well in their own homes

The Council and its partners are already taking a holistic approach to supporting independent living programmes such as People Keeping Well in their Community. We will therefore seek to complement existing work by looking at opportunities for improvements which don’t duplicate existing initiatives and plans, whilst providing support for those groups most in need of support.

We know that the worst housing conditions are found in the private sector, where nearly 68% of the housing stock was built before 1965 and there are an estimated 32,862 category 1 housing hazards (13,040 within the private rented sector). Older homeowners with low value properties and modest incomes face particular problems in making their properties safe and warm.

The table below shows key gaps and challenges to sustaining and improving support, and

opportunities that have been identified for improving them:

Gaps Opportunities Reduced funding for care and support services coupled with a growing demand for them

Increased utilisation of the latest assistive technology

Increasing integration between housing, health and care service, including pooled budgets for DFGs

New approach to locality working and community partnerships

Support for low-income homeowners to adapt and repair unhealthy homes

Strategic multi-agency approach to reducing unhealthy housing conditions in private sector

Refresh of outdated Private Housing Sector Policy and/or development of new Private Sector Housing Strategy

Provision of Home Appreciation Loans

Ending of the Green Deal and reduced Government funding for household energy efficiency measures

New fuel poverty strategy and plans for a Sheffield Energy Company

Joined up referrals process and team for dealing with affordable warmth referrals

Lack of knowledge and understanding about housing options and available support among residents and some frontline workers

Generic awareness training for frontline staff

Conversations about housing options and available support at earlier stages

Review existing information and guidance about housing options and support, including its accessibility for all residents regardless of tenure

In order to address the gaps and challenges that have been identified we will focus on several key areas with significant potential for increasing support to older households. What we will do PRIORITY 1: Develop a more strategic and integrated approach to improving the housing conditions of older and vulnerable households in the private sector

SCC’s current Private Sector Housing policy was written in 2007 and does not reflect the current landscape of increasing integration between housing, health, social care and community based services, or the opportunities that exist around pooled budgets and the greater flexibilities they allow. For example, the Better Care Fund provides new opportunities for a more holistic approach to preventing the impacts of poor or unsuitable housing on health and wellbeing, and integrating with other services supporting independent living.

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SCC will update its current private sector housing policy and explore with partners the opportunity for developing a new multi-agency Private Sector Housing Strategy with a focus on tackling poor housing conditions. As part of this work we also look at opportunities for providing sustainable financial support, such as through the provision of Home Appreciation Loans, to help older and vulnerable homeowners living in unhealthy housing conditions but who are unable to afford the cost of essential repairs and modifications.

SCC will also develop a new Fuel Poverty Strategy, which will identify solutions for providing affordable warmth and energy saving measures to low income households and carers living in fuel poverty. This will include opportunities for providing lower energy tariffs through a new Sheffield Energy Company, and developing a more joined up approach at to referrals made by frontline staff and a dedicated team for receiving these referrals. PRIORITY 2: Review the latest assistive technology to help inform specifications for new homes and identifying new opportunities for supporting independent living

Developments in digital and other technologies have brought unprecedented opportunities for helping people to remain living safe and well in their own homes. It is expected that connected technologies will become increasingly important for improving health and wellbeing levels, and for providing opportunities to tackle loneliness and conditions such as dementia in the future.

We will review the latest technology now being used to assist with independent living and examples of best practice in its use. This will inform our future procurement requirements and technical specification of our new homes and for designing our latest OPIL models. One of our priorities will be ‘future-proofing’ our new homes to avoid the costly retrofitting of properties at a later stage. PRIORITY 3: Increase understanding about housing options and available support for independent living among older residents

Our research suggests that older people are often not aware of the options for moving home in their area of choice and different ownership models and rental types. Anecdotal evidence also suggests that frontline staff working across different organisations and services also often lack knowledge about these options or where to refer people requesting help.

We will review the provision of current information and its accessibility with our local communities and partners and explore how we can improve knowledge of older people and frontline staff so that people are able to make more positive choices about their living arrangements. This will include looking at how we can engage with older generations about planning for their future “housing wellbeing” while

Outputs we will aim to deliver over the next 5 years

Increased utilisation of assistive technology and consideration for its use in new SCC housing

Updated Private Sector Housing Policy, setting out support for vulnerable homeowners

New Private Sector Housing Strategy and Fuel Poverty Strategy, setting out multi-agency approach to helping address unhealthy housing conditions and excess cold hazards

Improved information and accessibility about housing options and support for older people

Appendix A: Housing types & independent living solutions covered by this strategy

Specialist Older People’s Housing General Needs Housing

Care elements

Independent Living with Care and Support (e.g. extra-

care housing, very sheltered housing, assisted living)

Independent Living with Support (e.g. sheltered housing, retirement villages)

Independent Living in the Community (e.g. age-banded /

exclusive, accessible /wheelchair accessible housing)

Purpose-built, accessible building design that promotes independent living and supports people to age in place

Fully self-contained properties (typically apartments or bungalows) where occupants have their own front doors and the right to control who enters their home

Access to community-based support, alarm systems and other assistive technologies

Office for use by staff serving the scheme and sometimes the wider community X Some communal spaces and facilities (e.g. launderette, residents’ lounge) X Safety and security often built into the design with fob or person-controlled entry X

Access to communal dining and/or café facilities X X Access to care and support services 24 hours a day X X Source: DWELL (‘Care elements’ adapted from Housing LIN Factsheet #1 Extra care housing – what is it in 2015?”

Equipment and adaptations Including equipment and adaptations delivered through Disabled Facilities Grants, Minor Works Grants and by the Council to its own properties

Assistive living technology Including telecare and digital participation services

Care at home services Including Home Improvement Agencies

Allocation policies Allocation policies to age-banded, sheltered and extra-care housing

Information & guidance Including information guides, referrals processes and frontline staff

Loans and grants for home improvements Including home improvement loans for low income home-owners

Affordable warmth solutions Including low cost energy and affordable warmth initiatives

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Appendix B: Delivering appropriate OPIL housing on different sized sites

Large-scale housing sites e.g. capacity for 500 or more new homes capacity

(To be supported by new Planning Policy SP9: Principles guiding the development of new neighbourhoods)

- Numbers and types of required OPIL housing set out in master plan for the site informed by ‘lifetime neighbourhoods’ principles

- Required units and types of housing with care and/or support determined by current and future deficit analysis (Figure 1), site

suitability/infrastructure, and viability considerations

- Significant proportion of homes for general needs OPIL housing in line with new Homes for Independent Living Planning Policy

requirements (Category 2 and Category 3 homes under new Building Regulations categories)

- HAPPI principles encouraged for all housing types

Medium scale housing sites e.g. capacity for up to 500 new homes

- Full consideration taken of neighbourhood plans where they have been designated

- Significant proportion of homes for independent living in line with new Homes for Independent Living Planning Policy requirements

(Category 2 and Category 3 homes under new Building Regulations categories)

- Guidance on suitable OPIL housing types and numbers available from SCC Sustainable City Service, strongly recommended where

housing with care and/or support being considered.

- HAPPI principles encouraged for all housing

Small scale and infill sites e.g. less than 10 homes

- Full consideration taken of neighbourhood plans where they have been designated

- Significant proportion of homes for independent living in line with new Homes for Independent Living Planning Policy requirements

(for developments of up to three general needs dwellings all the homes will need to designed to be ‘accessible and adaptable dwellings’)

- Guidance on suitable OPIL housing types and numbers available from SCC Sustainable City Service

- HAPPI principles encouraged for all housing

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Appendix C: Delivery plan (DRAFT ONLY)

2017/18 Actions Council Lead Key Partners

Aim: Increasing the delivery of OPIL housing

A1 Integrate OPIL housing into the new housing delivery model being developed by SCC.

Housing Growth Team Strategic Housing & Regeneration

A2 Start monitoring delivery of accessible (Part M Category 2) and wheelchair user (Part M Category 3) housing across the city and ensure this is built into future monitoring processes.

Building Control Service, Housing Strategy & Policy

Planning

A3 Agree Planning permission for new SCC OPIL schemes at Adlington, Hemsworth, Manor and Newstead

Strategic Housing & Regeneration

A4 Start on site for SCC OPIL schemes at Adlington and Manor 14. Council Housing Service

A5 Consult on new age-friendly Planning policies & supplementary planning documents with stakeholders for inclusion in the Sheffield Plan.

Planning Public

A6 Refresh Sheffield Guide for Developing Older People’s Accommodation with latest evidence base, support and guidance for OPIL developers.

Housing Strategy & Policy

A7 Develop more proactive approach to attracting and supporting developers of OPIL housing, including a single point of contact.

Housing Growth Team Strategic Housing & Regeneration

Aim: Improving the choice of OPIL housing and the capacity to access it

B1 Include OPIL housing requirements in the master plans for all strategic housing sites.

Planning Housing Growth Team

B2 Review perceptions of specialist housing options among older residents to feed into an update of housing options information and marketing strategies for SCC OPIL schemes.

Council Housing Service Strategic Housing & Regeneration, Community Support Workers

B3 Review tenancy conditions for Council-owned OPIL schemes Council Housing Service

B4 Explore opportunities for SCC to support delivery of more OPIL housing for alternative ownership models such as shared ownership, lifetime leases, deferred payment plans and shared equity

Strategic Housing & Regeneration

Improving support to help people stay safe and well in their own homes

C1 Explore potential for a single point of contact referral service for housing options and support (including for people living in cold and unhealthy homes).

Housing Strategy & Policy, Health Improvement

Council Housing Staff, RPs, Age Equality Hub, People Keeping Well, Occupational Therapists, VCF

C2 Review the latest assistive technology to inform specifications for OPIL procurement documents and to ensure housing is fully integrated into

Citywide Neighbourhood Services

Access and Prevention, Strategic Housing &

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the delivery of SCC’s telehealthcare strategy. Regeneration

2018/19 Actions Council Lead Key Partners

Aim: Increasing the delivery of OPIL housing

D1 Start on site for SCC OPIL for OPIL schemes at Hemsworth and Newstead

Council Housing

D2 Agree operating models for new SCC OPIL schemes at Adlington and Newstead

Council Housing

D3 Complete site development for new SCC OPIL scheme at Manor 14 Council Housing

Aim: Improving the choice of OPIL housing and the capacity to access it

E1 Develop a range of sustainable, mixed tenure models for OPIL schemes suitable for different parts of the city to be delivered by SCC and RPs.

Strategic Housing & Regeneration

Council Housing Service

E2 Develop local lettings policies for the Council’s new older people’s independent living housing schemes.

Council Housing Service

E3 Explore how we can provide better support for ‘alternative’ models of provision and management of OPIL housing, such as shared ownership, lifetime leases and deferred payment plans.

Housing Strategy and Policy

RPs

E4 Review take up of specialist housing among under-represented groups Strategic Housing & Regeneration

Council Housing Service

E5 Explore opportunities for SCC to support delivery of more OPIL housing for alternative ownership models such as shared ownership, lifetime leases, deferred payment plans and shared equity

Strategic Housing & Regeneration

RPs, Private Developers

Aim: Improving support to help people stay safe and well in their own homes

F1 Develop new Private Sector Housing Strategy and the Private Sector Housing Policy to maximise opportunities for joint working across housing, health and social care teams and pooled budgets.

Tbc

F2 Agree Housing’s approach to addressing fuel poverty and cold related illness among vulnerable older households, including exploration of recommendations identified by the Health Improvement team

Tbc

2019/20 Actions Council Lead Key Partners

Aim: Increasing the delivery of OPIL housing

G1 Adopt new age-friendly Planning policies and supplementary guidance:

Homes for Independent Living Policy

Master Planning SPD (including OPIL requirements for strategic housing sites)

Independent Living Design Principles

Planning

G2 Practical completion of SCC OPIL scheme at Hemsworth, Adlington Council Housing

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and Newstead

Aim: Improving the choice of OPIL housing and the capacity to access it

H1 Explore opportunities for improving choice of age-friendly housing for BME, LGBT and other groups who sometimes face additional barriers to accessing suitable accommodation, such as the use of co-production (dependent on E3).

Housing Strategy & Policy

Equality Hubs, Sheffield 50+

H2 Explore opportunities for tackling negative perceptions of Council and RP OPIL housing

Council Housing, Housing Strategy & Policy

H3 Develop differentiated offer for existing SCC sheltered schemes Council Housing Service

Aim: Improving support to help people stay safe and well in their own homes

I1 Incorporate assistive technology specifications in procurement documents / roll out of suitable assistive technology(linked to review in C2)

Citywide Neighbourhood Services

2020/21 Actions Council Lead Key Partners

Aim: Increasing the delivery of OPIL housing

Tbc

Aim: Improving the choice of OPIL housing and the capacity to access it

Tbc

Aim: Improving support to help people stay safe and well in their own homes

Tbc

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Appendix D: Performance indicators

(To be identified once the strategy’s delivery plan has been agreed)

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Appendix E: Sheffield City Council Independent Living Design Principles

High quality development would exhibit the following design principles that have been developed from the HAPPI Report17 and the Housing LIN Fact Sheet 618.

1. NEIGHBOURHOOD The scheme should integrate well with, and contribute positively to, the surrounding neighbourhood with safe and accessible connections to local services and public transport. The scheme should be perceived as a community asset, where appropriate offering sustainable facilities with public access and opportunities for residents to meet and socialise with other people if they wish to.

2. SPACE The scheme should be designed as a resident’s long-term home, be able to accommodate diverse uses, and avoid an ‘institutional feel’. The dwellings should be of generous internal space standards with adequate storage and communal facilities. The choice of appropriate building typologies and the use of effective layouts are essential to achieving these, and other, aims.

3. LIGHT AND AIR Building layouts and the careful placement of windows should optimise the quality of views out as well as natural light and ventilation.

Avoid single aspect dwellings and artificially-lit and long corridors and positively manage the impact of transmitting noise and unpleasant odours. Lighting designs should be simple and domestic in nature being used effectively to create distinction and legibility whilst avoiding unnecessary clutter.

4. OUTDOORS The building should extend its impact on residents beyond its walls by providing well managed public and private open spaces and optimising the therapeutic effect of nature and the outdoors through the use of views, balconies, gardens and public spaces.

5. MOVEMENT The scheme should enable easy and comfortable physical movements within the building and the interaction with the outdoors. This

should include the effective use of thresholds and transition areas to build resident confidence and enable interaction and independence. There should be progressive privacy from public to private and resident only areas. Building layouts should promote circulation areas as shared spaces that offer connections to the wider context, encouraging interaction and supporting interdependence whilst promoting natural surveillance and providing for ‘defensible space’.

6. USE Buildings should be fit for purpose anticipating a diversity of residents’ needs, being flexible (in their use) and physically adaptable (over time). In

the implementation of measures to ensure adaptability, homes should be designed to be ‘care ready’ so that new and emerging technologies, such as telecare and community equipment, can be readily installed.

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HAPPI Report: Housing for an Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation (HCA 2009) 18

Design Principles for Extra Care Housing, Housing Lin Factsheet 6 (2008)

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7. COMMONS Multi-purpose space should be available for residents to meet, with facilities designed to support an appropriate range of activities – perhaps serving the wider neighbourhood as a community ‘hub’, as well as safe spaces for visiting friends and families, within the indoor or outdoor communal facilities.

8. WARMTH The building should be easy and affordable to keep warm whilst reducing the overall energy demand in use and incorporating renewable energy technologies where possible. The impacts of climate change, and particularly over-heating, should be anticipated and mitigated in the design.

Appendix F: Links with other strategies and plans

There are a number of other strategies, plans and programmes helping to deliver better homes, neighbourhoods and support for independent living in Sheffield. This strategy aims to be aligned with these and work in synergy with them to deliver on shared objectives and outcomes. These strategies, plans and programmes include:

Carer’s Strategy City for All Ages Framework

Learning Disabilities Accommodation Commissioning Plan

Fairness Commission Report Housing Strategy 2013-2023

Sheffield Joint Health & Wellbeing Strategy 2013-18

New housing (growth) strategy Keeping People Well in their Community Learning Disabilities Commissioning Plan

Sheffield Home Care Needs Assessment Sheffield’s Market Position Statement – Adult Social Care

Telehealthcare Strategy (planned)

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Glossary

BME Black and minority ethnic

Fourth Age Generally characterised by a slower pace of life, increasing requirements for care and support due to poorer health and frailty and sometimes isolation/and or loneliness

DFG Disabled Facilities Grants

DWELL Designing for Wellbeing in Environments for Later Life, a 3 year project at the University of Sheffield

HAPPI Housing our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation

Home Appreciation Loan

An equity release loan for repairs or home improvements with no monthly payments that is repaid only when the owner no longer owns the home

Housing LIN Housing Learning and Improvement Network

LD Learning Disabilities

LGBT Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender

OPIL Older People’s Independent Living

SCC Sheffield City Council

Sheffield Plan Development plan for the whole of Sheffield, due to be adopted in 2018

SHMA Strategic Housing Market Assessment

SHC Sheffield Housing Company (a partnership between the Council, Keepmoat Ltd and Great Places Housing Group

SPD Supplementary Planning Document

Third Age Usually characterised by (semi-) retirement, independent and active lifestyles, grand-parenting, hobbies and volunteering.

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