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The government has announced a consultation seeking views on the introduction of new Social Tenant Access to Information Requirements that will allow social housing tenants and their representatives to access information related to the management of their housing. The deadline for a response is 15 July 2024.

This week's newsletter includes breaking news on the digital switchover deadline, an update from the Amar Bari, Amar Jibon project team, a new blog by University of Bath's Faye Sanders to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week and lots more!

In this Housing LIN guest blog, Jo Oliveira, Group Design Manager - Technical Services at McCarthy Stone, reflects on her decade-long dedication to designing homes for older adults. 

Dementia Action Week (13 - 19 May 2024) is an awareness raising campaign. Each year, Alzheimer's Society works with individuals and organisations across the UK to encourage people to act on dementia. Read on for dementia and housing-related resources and events.

Openreach announces a revision in the deadline for this transformation, extending it from the initial target of 31 December 2025, to 31 January 2027.

We are pleased to see that Lifestory Group’s stylish retirement living development with 53 apartments for rent or sale in Cobham, Surrey, is one of the regional winners of a RIBA Award.

The newly formed Amar Bari, Amar Jibon Professional Advisory Group (PAG) met online this week to receive a research update from project partners (The Open University, Bangla Housing Association and the Housing LIN) on the Dunhill Medical Trust funded project on the housing needs and choices of the Bangladeshi ‘probin’ community.

The Good Lives Manifesto 2024 has brought together contributions from more than 400 people and organisations on what they think are the most important priorities for the next government to take action on to make Good Lives possible.

This blog by Faye Sanders, Doctoral Researcher at the University of Bath, explores the relationship between housing quality and health, focusing on how poor housing conditions can impact mental health through biological pathways like DNA methylation.

Following the launch of the new Technology for an Ageing Population: Panel of Innovation (TAPPI) Principles and accompanying tools at the ITEC Conference 2024, we are proud to showcase the project’s achievements and learnings with all the TAPPI partners in this HAPPI Hour webinar.