The government has issued a long-awaited response to the Older People's Housing Taskforce Report of 2024, agreeing with its analysis “of the main issues impacting older people in the housing market” but rejecting the taskforce’s recommendation of a joint unit between MHCLG and DHSC (the Department of Health and Social Care). The Older People’s Housing Taskforce, chaired by professor Julienne Meyer and formed in April 2023, looked at the provision of greater choice, quality and security of housing for older people. In one of ten recommendations, the taskforce stated in its report of November 2024 that a jointly sponsored unit between MHCLG and DHSC could be an arms-length body, with leadership at national and local levels and governed by an independent board, “including investors”.