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<p>Offering vulnerable people a better choice of accommodation to suit their changing
needs can help them live independently and feel more connected to their communities.
This Government is committed to the provision of suitable homes for older people,
including extra care housing, which contributes to levelling up across communities. Housing-with-care
allows individuals to choose where they want to live, with whom, how they can best
be supported, and what happens in their home. Both the Department for Levelling Up,
Housing and Communities and the Department of Health and Social Care provide capital
funding to incentivise their supply. Our planning rules already mean councils must
consider the needs of older people when planning for new homes. In 2019, we published guidance
to help councils implement the National Planning Policy Framework policies.</p><p>We
are investing over £12 billion in affordable housing over 5 years, the largest investment
in affordable housing in a decade. This includes the new £11.5 billion Affordable
Homes Programme, where 10 per cent of delivery over the course of the programme will
be used to increase the supply of much needed specialist or supported housing, including
retirement housing. The Department of Health and Social Care are also continuing to
subsidise new supply of specialist housing for older and disabled people through the
Care and Support Specialised Housing (CASSH) Fund.</p><p>The Government's plan for
health and social care, announced on Tuesday 7 September, also recognised the important
role of housing, and supported housing in particular, in providing care and support
to people in the community.</p><p>We continue to work closely with the older people's
housing sector and across Government to look at how we can further support its growth. I
look forward to engaging with representatives in the sector further and value their
insight.</p>
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