Collaborative Housing, Ageing and Social Care: Lessons from Europe

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Melissa Fernandez Arrigoitia (University of Bristol) Aimee Felstead (The University of Sheffield)

Collaborative Housing, Ageing and Social Care

Lessons from Europe

Melissa Fernandez Arrigoitia (University of Bristol), Aimee Felstead (The University of Sheffield), Jim Hudson (University of Bristol) , Misa Izuhara (School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol)

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Policy Press
30 September 2025

As ageing populations continue to grow worldwide, the increased need for adequate housing and social care comes into stark focus. This multi-disciplinary book explores how emerging citizen-led innovations in Collaborative Housing and care are challenging mainstream ways of living and ageing.

Combining academic theory with practice, the book demonstrates the far-reaching impacts Collaborative Housing with care can have on independence, agency and wellbeing in later life. With contributions from France, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK, it offers insights into the key challenges and opportunities associated with developing and sustaining models of Collaborative Housing with diverse forms of care and support over the life-course.

Essential reading for academics, practitioners and policy makers in housing, planning, social care, design and social gerontology, this book proposes a renewed focus on non-paternalistic forms of social and housing care that speak directly to older people's needs, and that work against the marketisation of care and towards a community-led and co-managed approach in later life housing for all.

Edited by: Melissa Fernandez Arrigoitia (University of Bristol), Aimee Felstead (The University of Sheffield), Jim Hudson (University of Bristol), Misa Izuhara (School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol), Kath Scanlon (Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics)
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781447375821
ISBN 10: 1447375823
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 30 September 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Melissa Fernández Arrigoitia is an urban sociologist, editor at the Radical Housing Journal and Senior Researcher Associate at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol Aimee Felstead is Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at the School of Architecture and Landscape, University of Sheffield Jim Hudson is Senior Research Associate at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol Misa Izuhara is Professor of Social Policy at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol Kath Scanlon is Distinguished Policy Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Secretary of the European Network for Housing Research Karen West is Professor of Social Policy and Ageing at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol

Reviews for Collaborative Housing, Ageing and Social Care: Lessons from Europe

“This book hugely increases our understanding of how housing and care can be better organised through collaborative action and mutual support, drawing on important lessons from our European neighbours.” Lord Richard Best “This important book explores a much-needed innovative approach to the critical issue of caring for our older population: the role of collaborative housing in providing care.” Anne Glass, University of North Carolina Wilmington (Emeritus)