The impact of the housing crisis on poverty is an area of growing public interest and understanding, but older people experiencing financial insecurity are often overlooked.
As Black History Month draws to a close, our Evidence Manager Sarah Wilkinson, provides new insights into the lives of the Black Caribbean community using Census 2021 data.
The four million older people trapped in their current home because of a lack of alternatives are just as much victims of our country’s flawed housing market as anybody else.
The number of older people wanting to move but unable to find suitable new home is equivalent to combined population of Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield and Bradford.
The Rightplace research provides a summary of how we can better understand the limited housing options available to older people and the difficulties faced when actively seeking to move home to improve their quality of life.