Aims to examine the nature and extent of difficult-to-let sheltered housing, and to investigate whether it can be made more suitable for elderly people or other groups. The study considers several aspects of the subject, and includes case studies.

Difficult-to-let sheltered housing is a matter of concern to Government, local authorities, housing associations and tenants. This study aims to examine the nature and extent of difficult-to-let sheltered housing, and to investigate whether it can be made more suitable for elderly people or other groups. The study consists of five main elements: an updating of the literature; a national survey of all local authorities and housing associations, and a sample of 50 small housing associations in England and Wales; case studies of four local authorities and four housing associations; consultations with the case study organizations; and a telephone follow-up survey of respondents to the main postal survey to obtain further details of initiatives to deal with difficult-to-let sheltered housing.

What is difficult-to-let sheltered housing?
the scale and nature of difficult-to-let sheltered housing
why some sheltered housing schemes become difficult to let
who lives in difficult-to-let sheltered housing?
how tenants had come to live in difficult-to-let sheltered housing
the views of tenants about the schemes they lived in
what can be done about difficult-to-let sheltered housing?
conclusions and recommendations.