NATIONAL HOUSING FEDERATION AND BREAKING THE MOULD PROJECT

That this House notes the National Housing Federation's 75th anniversary and welcomes its Breaking the Mould project which seeks to enhance older people's housing care and support; however notes with concern that 70,000 older people are urgently in need of appropriate affordable housing with support, a figure which is expected to quadruple to at least 300,000 by 2019; further notes that just over one million older people in the UK always or often feel lonely; agrees that older people's housing, care and support should be fully recognised in local housing strategies; and urges local and national partners to meet the needs and aspirations of older people.