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The Women and Equalities Committee has published its inquiry report on ‘The rights of older people', making a number of recommendations to government around the overarching themes of tackling ageist stereotypes, overcoming digital exclusion, enforcing older people’s rights and improved governance arrangements.

The government has published its proposals for implementing measures in the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023 and changes to Housing Benefit Regulations.

The government has published ‘Plan-making’ guidance which consolidates on number of aspects relating to planning requirements; from statutory duties and the role of plans to maintaining effective cooperation and a sound evidence base to delivering strategic matters and local interventions. 

This blog explores the transformative experience of Faye Sanders, a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Bath, in the Housing LIN Housing Future Leaders Programme. It highlights inspiring stories of leadership, overcoming imposter syndrome, and lessons on resilience from industry leaders.

This blog by Josie Dorling, Architect at Poynton Bradbury Architects, explores the rising issue of social isolation among older adults, particularly those over 75, who often go for long periods without social contact, increasing their risk of loneliness and health decline.

The Government has published a policy paper on its New Towns programme, ‘Building new towns for the future’. The paper provides an update on Phase One of the New Towns Taskforce, reiterating the programme’s aims and objectives and lessons learned from previous programmes which will help inform the Taskforce’s final report, as well as outlining arrangements for Phase Two.

We were delighted to be joined today by Tom Chance, CEO of the Community Land Trust Network, and Kathleen Woodhouse, a community development worker from Bristol, who set out national and local approaches to community enablement; from the work of Community Land Trusts to stimulate a vision for community led housing to Asset Based Community Development approaches that are inspiring new ways of engaging communities.

In this week's HLINks we highlights the Housing and Ageing Alliance’s submission to the 2025 Spending Review, the government's Telecare National Action Plan, an opinion piece from the ISPA project, a new Housing LIN guest blog on prioritising both quality and quantity of housing for older generations, and lots more! 

Better housing for older people benefits all, according to The Housing and Ageing Alliance’s (HAA) submission to the 2025 Spending Review.

The joint Telecare National Action Plan, Protecting telecare users throughout the digital switchover journey’, was published yesterday.