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The Centre of Ageing Better have published three reports with Foundations to better understand how local authorities are financially supporting individuals to make changes to their home despite an extremely challenging context for public budgets.

In collaboration with The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services in the East of England, we are delighted to host this HAPPI Hour webinar focussing on work in the East of England by ADASS and partners, including Housing LIN. 

This week's news update includes an update from the Amar Bari, Amar Jibon research partnership, celebrates United St Saviour's Charity's Appleby Blue official opening by Lord Best, shares a new Viewpoint on the new consumer standards and inspection regime, and so much more!

A report by the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee has called for increased availability of community-based alternatives to inpatient settings for people with a learning disability and autistic people.

Appleby Blue Almshouse is officially declared OPEN! United St Saviour’s innovative social housing development reimagines almshouses for 21st-century inner-city living, offering 57 homes for residents aged 65+ in Bermondsey.

This new Housing LIN viewpoint 108, written by Ellis Pugh, Solicitor at Shakespeare Martineau, considers what the new consumer standards and inspection regime mean for registered providers in the specialist housing sector. 

In January 2022, a report on ‘Supporting people with learning disabilities to rent their own place’ was published by the project's research partners. Stephen Lee Hodgkins has now created this YouTube video, 'I wouldn't change my flat for anything' to illustrate the key messages and provide an overview of the findings.

A new Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee report finds that despite the cross-government effort to “ensure disability inclusion is a priority”, there is little evidence that the government is treating disabled people’s needs as a priority in housing policy.

The Dunhill Medical Trust funded Amar Bari, Amar Jibon research partnership is delighted to announce that it has appointed Jenny Kartupelis as its Professional Engagement and Impact Lead.

This week's newsletter includes our most recent HAPPI Hour webinar recording on technology for an ageing population, the King’s Fund report exploring the role and potential of champions programmes, insights from the British Geriatrics Society on reablement and rehabilitation for older people and lots more!