Housing an ageing population in the era of austerity Professor Malcolm Tait Aims of this session To inform AG about the project and progress in the first 3 months Identify areas where we need their input / expertise to progress the project To think about next steps/priorities

Austerity figures Local government funding cut by 27% in England, 2010-2016 Planning cut by 40% Housing cut by 45% Sources: LGA, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2015

Approaches to austerity Muddling through Opportunity for innovation Integrating work and services Reorienting budgets Passing on

Sheffield population 65+ 2015-34

Integration Integration of services Scale of challenge: 'There are so many people, and there are only so much of us' Focus on acute crisis, not prevention: 'Budgets inevitably get focused on those people with the most acute needs, so you're not doing enough upstream work to stop people getting to that point' Technological fixes as budgetary solution – e.g. ‘telecare’

Reorientation of budgets Centralisation of budgeting, focus on costs and loss of decision-making capacity at project/middle management levels Competition for funding means people start to be seen as a burden: older people as a 'major drain on services'

Passing on Passing on Complex partnerships, growing uncertainty Changing policies and uncertainty for housing associations, including rent caps and right to buy Impact on the squeezed middle

Concluding thoughts "I think the Council's in an incredibly difficult position. I mean it's, we have a government that doesn't want councils as far as I can see. So the money is cut left, right and centre and so it's very difficult for it. And I mean there's a housing shortage, there's difficulty with people living longer, not just older people, but also more and more profoundly disabled children are living longer and so you've got massive needs there and you know once you've focused on that…what's left really? So it's very difficult. A potential to re-think housing as an investment, not a burden on the public purse