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In December 2015, the Welsh Government established an Expert Group on Housing an Ageing Population. The purpose of this time\-bound Group was to develop practicable and deliverable proposals to inform the Welsh Government’s policy approach to housing an ageing population.   A Written Statement was issued on 10 December 2015, announcing the Group’s membership, followed by a letter to Assembly Members in March 2016 setting out the Group’s work programme.    

  

I am pleased to inform Assembly Members that the Group has now submitted its report, Our Housing AGEnda: meeting the aspirations of older people in Wales to me and I have published it on the Welsh Government web pages.  

  

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Professor Judith Phillips OBE, Deputy Principal, Stirling University, for Chairing the Group. I am equally grateful to every member of the Group for stepping up to the challenge and for sharing their expertise and knowledge in the interests of informing future policy on these matters.  We were fortunate to have been able to convene an excellent group able to represent a range of sectors, professions and perspectives.  I am pleased that older people themselves also had an opportunity to feed into the Group’s work through its engagement activity.  

  

Population ageing presents a number of opportunities, as well as challenges. I welcome this report which provides an expert perspective on the central role that housing needs to play in the context of the demographic change Wales will experience over the coming period.  As people’s life expectancy increases, we need to  do all we can to ensure that people can live healthy and fulfilled lives for as long as possible.  The report highlights that this is something all of us as individuals need to think more about.  The Group also draws our attention to the wider benefits the housing system in Wales will derive from concerted action to widen the housing options available to older people.  

  

We need to ensure that our housing stock in Wales is fit for the future and this means responding not just to the needs but to the aspirations of our ageing population.  This report contributes to our understanding of those needs and aspirations.  It also draws attention to the range of agencies – public and private – who have a contribution to make in ensuring that the housing “offer” in Wales is enhanced.  

  

The report addresses 5 key themes which can be broadly summarised as follows:


* Understanding the housing requirements of older people
* Supporting the right choices – to “stay put” or “move on”
* Living with confidence in older age – covering design and technology
* A planning system which reflects the needs of our ageing population
* Making housing more affordable and incentivising change


  

The report proposes a number of actions for Welsh Government, local authorities, housing associations as well as commercial house builders.  Given the cross cutting nature of the report’s recommendations they need to be considered carefully and across government.   I will now be examining the proposals in more detail and I will update Assembly Members on next steps in due course.  

  

http://gov.wales/topics/housing\-and\-regeneration/housing\-supply/expert\-group\-on\-housing\-an\-ageing\-population/?lang\=en


  

  

  

  

  

 


 







Translation:


 
Ym mis Rhagfyr 2015, sefydlodd Llywodraeth Cymru Grŵp Arbenigol ar Ddarparu Tai ar gyfer Poblogaeth sy’n Heneiddio.  Diben y Grŵp, a gafodd ei sefydlu am gyfnod penodol yn unig, oedd cyflwyno cynigion ymarferol y gellid eu rhoi ar waith er mwyn cynghori ar bolisi Llywodraeth Cymru mewn perthynas â phoblogaeth sy’n heneiddio.  
  
Cyhoeddwyd Datganiad Ysgrifenedig ar 10 Rhagfyr 2015, gyda manylion aelodaeth y Grŵp a derbyniodd Aelodau Cynulliad lythyr ym mis Mawrth 2016 yn olrhain rhaglen waith y Grŵp.   
  
Rwy’n falch o allu rhoi gwybod i Aelodau Cynulliad bod y Grŵp bellach wedi cyflwyno ei adroddiad, Tai i’r Dyfodol, diwallu dyheadau pobl hŷn Cymru i mi ac fy mod wedi ei gyhoeddi ar dudalennau gwe Llywodraeth Cymru.   
  
Hoffwn achub ar y cyfle yma i ddiolch i’r Athro Judith Phillips, OBE, Dirprwy Brifathro, Prifysgol Stirling, am gadeirio’r Grŵp. Rwyf yr un mor ddiolchgar i bob aelod arall o’r Grŵp am fod mor barod i ymgymryd â’r her ac am rannu eu harbenigedd a’u gwybodaeth er mwyn helpu i lywio polisi ar y materion hyn i’r dyfodol.   Roedden ni’n ffodus o fedru cynnull grŵp arbennig a oedd yn medru cynrychioli amrywiaeth o sectorau, proffesiynau a safbwyntiau. Rwy’n falch hefyd fod pobl hŷn eu hunain wedi cael cyfle i gyfrannu at waith y Grŵp drwy ei weithgarwch ymgysylltu.   
  
Wrth i’r boblogaeth heneiddio, byddwn yn gweld nifer o gyfleoedd, yn ogystal â heriau. Rwy’n croesawu’r adroddiad yma sy’n cynnig barn rhai arbenigwyr i ni ar y rôl y mae angen i dai ei chwarae yng nghyd\-destun y newid demograffig y bydd Cymru yn ei phrofi dros y blynyddoedd nesaf. Wrth i ddisgwyliad oes pobl gynyddu, mae angen inni wneud popeth o fewn ein gallu i sicrhau bod pobl yn gallu byw bywydau iach a chyflawn cyn hired â phosib. Mae’r adroddiad yn pwysleisio bod hyn yn rhywbeth y mae angen i bob un ohonom feddwl mwy amdano. Mae’r Grŵp hefyd yn tynnu ein sylw at y manteision ehangach i’r system dai yng Nghymru yn sgil ymdrech ymwybodol i ehangu’r dewis o dai ar gyfer pobl hŷn.   
  
Mae angen i ni wneud yn siŵr bod ein stoc o dai yng Nghymru yn addas ar gyfer y dyfodol ac mae hyn yn golygu ymateb, nid yn unig i anghenion poblogaeth sy’n heneiddio ond hefyd i ddyheadau poblogaeth sy’n heneiddio. Mae’r adroddiad yma’n ein helpu i ddeall yr anghenion a’r dyheadau hynny.  Mae hefyd yn tynnu sylw at yr amrywiaeth o asiantaethau – cyhoeddus a phreifat – sydd â chyfraniad i’w wneud wrth sicrhau bod yna “gynnig” gwell o ran tai yng Nghymru.   
  
Mae’r adroddiad yn mynd i’r afael â 5 thema allweddol y gellir eu crynhoi fel a ganlyn:

  * Deall gofynion tai pobl hŷn
* Cefnogi’r dewisiadau cywir – “aros yn y fan a’r lle” neu “symud ymlaen”
* Byw’n hyderus wrth fynd yn hŷn – sy’n cwmpasu dylunio a thechnoleg
* System gynllunio sy’n adlewyrchu anghenion poblogaeth sy’n heneiddio
* Gwneud tai yn fwy fforddiadwy a chymell newid

    
Mae’r adroddiad yn cynnig nifer o gamau gweithredu ar gyfer Llywodraeth Cymru, awdurdodau lleol, cymdeithasau tai ac adeiladwyr tai masnachol. O ystyried natur drawsbynciol argymhellion yr adroddiad, mae angen iddynt gael eu hystyried yn ofalus a chan rannau gwahanol o’r Llywodraeth. Byddaf yn ystyried y cynigion yn fwy manwl ac yn sicrhau bod Aelodau Cynulliad yn cael gwybodaeth am y camau nesaf maes o law.  
  
http://gov.wales/topics/housing\-and\-regeneration/housing\-supply/expert\-group\-on\-housing\-an\-ageing\-population/?skip\=1\&lang\=cy