News from RHG

On behalf of the Retirement Housing Group, Kathleen Dunmore and Julia Atkins gave evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Housing for Care as part of the APPG’s analysis of “Rental Housing for an Ageing Population”.  The review … Read More

The Retirement Housing Group congratulates member, PegasusLife, for winning the HAPPI award at the Housing Design Awards for its ‘Chapter House’ development in Lichfield, Staffordshire. The win is the fourth in the row for PegasusLife at the Housing Design Awards, … Read More

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Housing & Care for Older People published the findings of its investigation into Rural Housing for an Aging Population on 30th April 2018. It makes a number of recommendations to organisations and public bodies … Read More

This year’s conference took place 28th September 2017 at Trinity House London EC3, focussing on quality of provision of specialist older persons housing and best practice in increasing provision in urban areas, on strategic sites and in rural areas. The programme included … Read More

Both the Housing White Paper and the Review of the Community Infrastructure Levy were published on 7th February 2017. They can be accessed here. In recognition of the fact that the population of the UK is growing faster than for … Read More

Following the launch of the long awaited consultation on event fees in retirement properties, RHG has worked with the Law Commission to support it in its aim of making sure that event fees are fair and transparent. RHG met separately … Read More

RHG CONFERENCE: PLANNING A BETTER FUTURE FOR OLDER HOUSEHOLDS Free delegate places are now available for the Retirement Housing Group Conference 2017 to be held on 28th September 2017 at Trinity House London EC3. This year’s conference focusses on quality of … Read More

Our calculations reveal that in only two years a 1% reduction in Stamp Duty could free up 80,000 family homes. The reduction could be for households aged 55-plus who move to a smaller home or retirement housing, As a result, 220,000 more younger households could move into … Read More

Retirement Housing Group has issued a briefing note to CIL practitioners on viability appraisal of retirement housing. The note prepared by Three Dragons for RHG, sets out the key issues affecting viability of older persons housing provision compared with provision … Read More