Underestimating and limiting the choice of housing for older people risks creating a ‘time bomb’ of unmet demand, under occupancy of family accommodation, rising costs of care and pressure on NHS budgets. Speaking at the Housing for Assisted Living and Retirement Conference in London, Bruce Moore, Chief Executive of Hanover Housing Association said, “In far too many cases housing policies suffer from myopia by only focusing on general needs housing. This ignores the housi...