‘I knew I wanted to stay here for the rest of my life’: how London got its first LGBTQ+ retirement community
The idea is nothing new in other countries, but the UK has been slow to develop housing schemes for older LGBTQ+ people. Now it’s becoming apparent how many people want or need it
December 2022
Other lives
Shirley Meredeen obituary
Other lives: Champion of older women and co-housing who helped establish the New Ground residential community in Barnet, north London
March 2022
Pensioner poverty is at a new high – so why are older people still voting Tory?
Polly Toynbee
To solve this crisis, we need to share some of the unearned wealth of richer pensioners with those who need it most, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
September 2021
Are retirement properties sound investments or inheritance headaches?
Options for such developments are increasing but Guardian Money hears they are not easy to sell
May 2021
How retirement villages are becoming part of high street life in the UK
Developers snap up vacant retail and office sites in urban areas for apartment blocks for over-65s
August 2019
Foyles sets up libraries for high-end retirement homes
The bookseller is moving into lending for the first time, supplying ‘hospitality-led’ luxury developments
July 2019
Grogonomics
A shrinking tax base is a recipe for disaster for Australia's ageing population
Greg Jericho
Lack of homes suitable for older people fuels housing crisis – report
May 2019
L&G's £2bn retirement homes plan could 'revive UK's high streets'
Project is first major push to bring purpose-built retirement villages to city centres
August 2018
In it together
We are a group in our 50s to 70s who want to create a cohousing facility. Where do we start?
In this series Poppy Noor discusses an issue concerning how we can build happy, well-run communities. But what do you think? Send us your thoughts and responses
April 2018
Young and old need a new social contract
Torsten Bell
Dispatches from the housing crisis frontline
February 2018
Don’t blame older people in big homes for the housing crisis
Barbara Ellen
The lack of affordable accommodation has nothing to do with ‘bed-blockers’ in large, expensive properties
May 2017
Gentrified world
The new hipsters? London's exclusive 'downsizer' homes for the over-55s
Why are flats in London’s hippest neighbourhoods being sold exclusively to over-55s, even as young people who hang out there struggle to afford housing?
June 2016
We need 'later homes' for older people, not just starter homes for the young
Lord Best
We in the Lords want the housing minister to secure support across government to boost housebuilding for older people in the UK
October 2015
The housing crisis – and why a house is so much more than somewhere to live
Letters: I agree that often the old hang on to their family homes when the children have grown up and left. That is their choice. It is also mine
August 2015
Third age economy
How the ageing population is a boon for business
Pension reforms along with the accumulation of property wealth have created a generation of older people more affluent than ever before and, with the grey pound worth £320bn a year, entrepreneurs are finding new ways to cash in
February 2015
Cohousing: 'It makes sense for people with things in common to live together'
McCarthy & Stone to create 400 jobs as it expands retirement homes business
December 2014
Ageing population
Last-time buyers: help older people to solve the housing crisis
Stephen Burke
The housing market has failed to respond to the growing number of older people who want to move somewhere easier to manage, writes Stephen Burke
