Richard Pollock

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• Richard Pollock
• Preventing homelessness -designing and planning
  for an ageing society

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• Homes for Scotlands People A Scottish Housing
  Policy Statement (Scot Exec 2005)
• Enough housing of the right type in the right
  place
• Quality homes for those who rent
• Opportunity to own your own home
• Help and assistance to avoid homelessness
• Strong, safe and attractive communities

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• Social Context - Demography
• The number of people aged 65 or over is projected
  to rise by 46 from 812,000 to 1,200,000 in 2027
• The number of older people aged 85 or over is
  projected to increase from 88,000 to 174,000 in
  the same timeframe
• The proportion of the adult population who are 50
  or over is projected to increase from 44 to 54
  in 2007
• (GRO Scotland 2001 Census and Government
  Actuaries Department 2002)

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• Environmental Context
• At present, the average British dwelling is the
  most expensive of any country save for Monaco.
• The ratio between the number of homes being built
  and the overall population is less than that of
  any country west of Poland.
• At 76m2, the average size of the homes we are
  building is at the very bottom of the European
  league.
• (Venice Biennale 2008)

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• People can have impairments, its the social and
  built environment that causes disabilities

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• Housing Sectors
• Owners and
• Tenants
• Urban and
• Rural

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• What has been built in the past?
• Houses
• Tenements
• Colonies
• Mews
• Almshouses
• Hostels
• Tower blocks
• Estates

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• What is now being built?
• 3 rough and ready categories
• Independent
• Interdependent
• Dependent

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• Independent
• Houses
• Flats
• Maisonettes
• Lofts
• Titled estates
• Single living
• Retirement villages

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• Interdependent
• Neighbour support

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• Interdependent
• Neighbour support
• Housing with care support

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• Interdependent
• Neighbour support
• Housing with care support
• Flexible and person orientated

Future proofing common stairs designed so that
lifts can be easily installed at a later date
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• Interdependent
• Neighbour support
• Housing with care support
• Flexible and person orientated
• Rural and urban scale solutions

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• Dependent
• Care homes
• Residential homes
• Nursing Homes
• Extra care
• Hospices
• Hospitals

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• Private sector preferences for independent and
  dependent housing
• Economies of scale
• Land values
• Interdependent often provided by public and
  charity/voluntary sectors
• Emphasis on individual needs
• Some reliance on subsidies and grant assistance

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• What types of housing should we be building?

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• Asking some questions
• Who do so many people retire to the countryside?
• Why do we split families up when one falls ill?
• Is single the only or best solution?
• Are we getting the housing we would like?
• What are the new mod-cons

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• Parameters
• Keeping it local
• Using universal designs
• Promoting universal services
• Information and the customer ethos
• Respecting diversity
• Promoting independent living
• Promoting integrated environments
• Rejecting residential care
• Offering security
• Reaching higher standards
• Giving speedy responses

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• Standard spec builder flat

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• Over 40 of young people age 20-24 still live
  at home and with student fees on the increase the
  trend of so called chadults returning to the
  family nest looks set to continue. This combined
  with families often also having to house younger
  children and grandparents, means the modern home
  now has to be more versatile than ever. (a
  national housebuilder)

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• By 2020, nearly a third of the UK workforce will
  be over 50
• (source Office of National Statistics)
• The average age for a first-time buyer is 34
• (Wayne Hemingway, MBE)

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• Design rethinking

Lifetime homes standards at the very least!
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• Higher densities
• Future proof access
• External spaces
• Gardens
• Public squares/parks
• Allotments
• Decent sized balconies and terraces

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• Scottish rural issues
• Need for rural solutions
• Low population densities
• Lack of services and infrastructure
• Drift to cities for work
• Drift to country for retirement

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• National hub network
• 40 to 60 miles range
• 1 hour range (bus)
• Based on existing settlements
• Variable range of facilities
• Care and repair service

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• Hub Facilities
• Helipad (transport strategy)
• Medical module plug-in/docking station point
• Medical/dental consulting
• Domestic care home
• Satellite office accommodation (transport
  strategy)
• Green local energy sources (wood, wind,
  wave/tidal)
• Waste and water management (sustainability
  strategy)
• Extra resources for schools and rest of community
  sports (for older active people) (health
  strategy) teaching training
• Skills register access volunteer and commercial
  sectors
• Tourist information and back-up (first aid,
  guides, wildlife access) (tourism strategy)

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• Hub Facilities
• Post Office - bank
• Drugs dispensary Chemist
• Hairdressing
• Corner shop market (local produce)
• Café restaurant - b b support (tourism
  strategy)
• Library
• Maintenance/trades care and repair centres
  (managed facilities available to public lifts!)
• Artists and craftsmen
• Community meetings events functions (30,
  40, 50, 60)
• Mobile services support
• Refuelling charging (transport strategy)

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• Hub diagram

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• Build on the better examples

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• Adult-sized houses with real mod-cons in a
  well-provided for, stimulating and beautiful
  environment

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• Richard Pollock
• Preventing homelessness -designing and planning
  for an ageing society