Housing Minister, Grant Shapps, is calling on councils to give elderly people more choice and control over where they live, so they are not forced into selling homes that no longer meet their needs. Under the FreeSpace project piloted by the London Borough of Redbridge, elderly homeowners are being helped to downsize into rented accommodation, [...]
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Leap in affordable locations for key workers
Since the housing market peak of 2007, the UK has seen a 14-fold increase in towns with affordable homes, Halifax reports. According to the lender’s research, 38% of towns are currently affordable for key workers, compared to just 3% in 2007, although house prices in three out of five towns remain beyond the reach of [...]
