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What we want
Fit For Our Future addresses the rapid demographic changes driving the need for more inclusive and flexible home designs, and creative aids and adaptations
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APPROXIMATELY ONE-FIFTH OF THE UK POLULATION IS CURRENTLY AGED 65 OR OVER
(around 12.5 million people)
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PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO LIVE IN SOCIAL HOUSING
with the incidence of mobility problems expected to increase by more than half by 2035. 
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BY 2043, PEOPLE OVER 65 WILL MAKE UP ALMOST A QUARTER OF THE POPULATION 
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(17.5 million people), with those over 75 accounting for 13 per cent (9.4 million people) and over 85s 4 per cent (2.9 million).
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AROUND FOUR MILLION HOMES IN ENGLAND ENDANGER THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THEM
with more than half of these occupied by someone aged 55 or over.
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1 Housing and disabled people, Britain’s hidden crisis, Equality and Human Rights Commission, 2018
We want housing providers, their partners and national and local governments to approach this need in a more proactive way, to make better use of homes, secure future efficiency and reduce the demand on health, social care and other services.
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