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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Healthy Living Hubs
Our model places Healthy Living Hubs at the centre of delivery, using social housing as both the financial anchor and social foundation for wider community and leisure-centred masterplans. By integrating extra care, temporary accommodation and/or other social housing typologies, we unlock investment to deliver community infrastructure while easing pressure on the NHS and local housing services.
We bring extra care housing and temporary accommodation together with wellness, leisure and lifestyle facilities, creating integrated environments that support independence, reduce hospital demand and help councils deliver measurable social and financial value – all without exposing them to capital risk.
As the UK faces rising health inequalities, an ageing population and growing pressure on housing and care systems following the pandemic, new approaches are needed that support prevention, independence and community connection. Healthy Living Hubs provide that solution.
What does this mean in practice?
Each Healthy Living Hub combines multi-generational extra care housing with inclusive community spaces, designed to bring health, wellbeing and housing together in one place. Developments are managed by a Registered Provider with expertise in housing and care, and funded through institutional investment, ensuring long-term quality and stability.
Located in well-connected urban areas, the hubs help residents stay active and engaged with their communities. By creating inclusive places where younger and older people can live side by side, they strengthen neighbourhoods, reduce social isolation and support healthier, more connected communities.
The result is a delivery model that tackles immediate housing and care pressures while creating financially sustainable, community-led places for the long term.
Affordable (Later Life) Living
Recent statistics highlight the ongoing challenges facing affordable social housing in the UK. Between 1979 and 2022, the social-rented housing sector shrank by around 25% – from approximately 5.5 million to 4.1 million homes – driven by policies such as Right to Buy, stock transfers and demolition.
This decline has contributed to a growing shortage of affordable homes and increased reliance on temporary accommodation, often at significant cost to local authorities. The situation highlights the urgent need for renewed investment in social housing to meet rising demand and reduce long-term pressure on public finances.
Affordable housing must also be more than simply providing homes. Good design should support lifelong independence, with strong connections to infrastructure, public transport and everyday services. Access to local amenities such as shops, cafés and hairdressers, alongside essential services like healthcare and community facilities, plays a vital role in supporting wellbeing and social connection. For older residents in particular, future health and mobility needs should be anticipated and thoughtfully integrated into wider masterplans.
Advantages
Our approach integrates affordable later-life housing into wider community masterplans, creating benefits that extend far beyond housing alone:
- Unlocks underused assets to deliver much-needed affordable and later-life housing
- Supports independent living, helping residents remain active and connected within their communities
- Anchors wider masterplans, enabling the delivery of leisure, community and educational facilities
- Reduces pressure on public services, including NHS provision and temporary housing demand
- Unlocks investment that can help fund critical community infrastructure
- Creates healthier, more balanced neighbourhoods, where different generations can live side by side
Step Up Step Down
Step-up step-down housing provides short- to medium-term accommodation with tailored support, helping bridge gaps between hospitals, community care and independent living. Designed for people recovering from illness, experiencing mental health challenges or needing temporary support following discharge, it offers a safe and supportive environment outside of institutional care.
By combining appropriate housing with onsite or floating support services, step-up step-down models enable people to stabilise, recover and transition back to independent living. In doing so, they play an important role in relieving pressure across the wider health and social care system.
Advantages
Step-up step-down housing delivers practical benefits across health, housing and care systems:
- Reduces pressure on hospitals, freeing up acute NHS bed capacity
- Prevents avoidable admissions through early intervention and stabilisation
- Supports recovery in a more appropriate setting, particularly for mental health and post-discharge rehabilitation
- Provides support and respite for social care teams and carers
- Offers a lower-cost alternative to hospital or residential care
- Uses housing nominations to secure occupancy and income, helping de-risk delivery and offset operational costs
- Supports structured, time-limited interventions, enabling people to return safely to their own homes
Extra Care
Extra care housing provides self-contained homes with access to onsite care and support, enabling older residents to live independently for longer. Combining private accommodation with shared facilities and professional care services, it offers a flexible alternative to residential care while maintaining dignity, independence and connection to community life.
By integrating housing with care provision, extra care schemes allow support to be tailored to individual needs as they change over time. Residents benefit from independent living within a safe, supportive environment, reducing the need for more intensive care settings while improving overall wellbeing.
Advantages
Extra care housing delivers clear benefits for residents, local authorities and health services:
- Uses housing nominations to secure occupancy and income, helping de-risk delivery and support financial stability
- Supports independent living for longer, delaying or avoiding residential care
- Reduces pressure on hospitals and adult social care services
- Encourages active, connected communities, reducing loneliness and isolation
- Creates stable long-term housing provision for ageing populations
Temporary Accommodation
Temporary accommodation provides safe, stable housing for individuals and families experiencing homelessness or housing instability. Designed to offer immediate support while longer-term solutions are identified, it plays a critical role in helping local authorities meet statutory housing duties.
When delivered within integrated developments, temporary accommodation can offer more than emergency housing. By placing residents within supportive, community-focused environments, it enables access to services, employment opportunities and pathways into permanent housing, improving outcomes while reducing reliance on unsuitable accommodation such as hotels.
Advantages
Temporary accommodation delivered within integrated schemes provides:
- High-quality accommodation that meets local authority housing duties
- Reduced reliance on expensive short-term options, such as hotels and nightly lets
- Greater stability for residents, supporting pathways into permanent housing
- Access to community facilities and support services, improving wellbeing and outcomes
- More cost-effective delivery, reducing long-term pressure on housing budgets
- Uses housing nominations to secure occupancy and income, helping de-risk delivery and offset operational costs