The first purpose-built LGBTQ+ housing scheme for the older generation will provide over 100 apartments for people aged 55 or over.
Manchester City Council has announced Anchor Hanover – England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for people in later life – has been chosen as a preferred partner to deliver the scheme.
The upcoming LGBTQ+ project will deliver more than 100 apartments for people aged 55 or over.
Anchor Hanover’s Extra Care housing scheme will offer care, catering, and other lifestyle services to aid elderly residents.
The extra care facility in Whalley Range, South Manchester, will be the first LGBTQ+ older person’s housing project that is co-produced with LGBT+ Foundation and the local Manchester community.
There are currently more than 7,000 LGBTQ+ people in Manchester over the age of 50 and this figure is expected to rise over the next two decades.
Concerns have been shared about this specific sect of the community who indicated higher levels of loneliness and isolation amongst LGBTQ+ older people, according to an LGBT+ Foundation report commissioned by Manchester City Council.
The older LGBTQ+ community also experience fear of discrimination in existing accommodation and seek out housing where they are able to express their identity without facing hostility or prejudice.
LGBT+ Foundation, which is co-producing the new LGBTQ+ friendly housing, has received Homes England funding to produce an online Learning Journal about the history of the Manchester scheme.
This project will be set up to help other UK councils and cities develop LGBTQ+ Extra Care schemes across the country.
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