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At yesterday's Housing LIN SW Leadership Set meeting, we were delighted to be joined by guest speakers from the University of Exeter’s Health and Social Care Delivery Research to share preliminary findings on the evaluation of extra care housing as well as Exeter’s Innovation Regional Engagement Team on the research for the Devon Housing Commission. 

This week's newsletter covers our upcoming HAPPI Hour webinar on National Planning Policy Framework reform, the Older People's Housing Taskforce's report, an update from the Housing LIN Future Leaders Programme and lots more!

This HAPPI Awareness Week, join us, in partnership with Winckworth Sherwood Solicitors and West Waddy Archadia Architects, for an exclusive look at the National Planning Policy Framework reform and the landscape for delivering specialist housing within the government's goal of 1.5 million new homes over the next 5 years.

The Open University/Bangla Housing Association team and members from the Bangladeshi Research Advisory Group (BRAG) met today with the project’s core Professional Advisory Group (PAG) to present the initial preliminary analysis from the interviews with the Bangladeshi ‘probin’ community on the Dunhill Medical Trust funded ‘Amar Bari, Amar Jibon’ research.

Mario Ambrosi, Chair of the Housing and Ageing Alliance is pleased to share an initial response on the Older People’s Housing Taskforce report published today.

Six months on from submitting its recommendations to the previous government, the new government has today released the independent Older People’s Housing Taskforce report.

The 4th cohort of the Housing LIN’s Future Leaders Programme (FLP) met online today, joined by guest speakers Louise Read, General Counsel at Inspired Villages Group, and Maxine Espley, Chief Operating Officer at Green Square Accord. Both shared their personal leadership journeys, covering topics like embracing change, overcoming imposter syndrome, developing compassion, and building resilience in the face of challenges. The class of 2024 gained valuable insights from their inspiring presentations.

Savannah Fishel, Winston Churchill Travelling Fellow and Service Designer at Innovation Unit, reflects on the way in which housing communities in the US bonded more tightly in response to the recent election results.

This week's newsletter covers forthcoming events, findings from the Housing for People with Learning Disabilities: Renting Your Own Place research project, a new blog by P+HS Architects on how intergenerational living, and the sector's most recent resources! 

A new report by the Centre for Ageing Better aims to raise awareness of the links between health and homes and provide examples of local systems that have developed cross-sector initiatives to improve residents’ health by tackling problems in the home.