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Anchor Hanover has been chosen to deliver the UK’s first ‘extra-care’ housing scheme for LGBT+ people, in south Manchester. Charles Taylor from Anchor Hanover takes Jack Wooler through the proposals.
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hat’s believed to be the first UK purpose-built housing scheme for older people in the LGBT+ community is making headway in Whalley Range, south Manchester, with Anchor Hanover chosen as the developer to deliver the scheme. With the city’s older LGBT+ (lesbian,
gay, bisexual, trans and other preferred identities) population growing, the £20m Russell Road LGBT+ project is set to deliver more than 100 apartments for people aged 55 or over. Providing a mix of affordable rent and shared ownership tenures, the homes are designed to be as accessible as possible for residents who identify as LGBT+, with the focus on Manchester locals.
England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for people in later life, Anchor Hanover formed from the merger of Hanover Housing Association and Anchor Trust. Its Extra Care schemes prioritise essential on-site services, such as catering, as appropriate to users’ needs in later life. The Russell Road LGBT+ scheme is an example of how the provider, according to Charles Taylor, head of new business at Anchor Hanover, creates “safe, vibrant communities which enable residents to live independently as their needs and lifestyle change.” The offer will be developed in collabo-
ration with a local Community Steering Group – made up of local councillors, local residents, but also importantly members of the Manchester-based charity offering advice and support to the LGBT+ community, LGBT Foundation. The team is aiming to submit the first planning application in early 2022.
A GROWING LGBT+ EXTRA CARE NEED According to the developer, there are already more than 7,000 people in Manchester over the age of 50 that identify as LGBT+, and this figure is expected to rise over the next two decades.
A recent LGBT Foundation report, commissioned by Manchester City Council, found higher levels of loneliness and isolation amongst older LGBT+ people, and fear of discrimination in exist- ing accommodation. They also reported a
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