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Today, Rachel Reeves MP, presented her first Budget as the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Faced with a £40billion deficit, she backed up key Labour election promises on health and infrastructure projects, including a commitment to invest in affordable housing, with £500million to top-up the Affordable Homes Programme

Written by Rowan Haysom, Director at Haysom Ward Miller Architects, this Housing LIN Case Study (No. 174) highlights the More’s Meadow Almshouses project, developed by the Great Shelford Village Charity. The project delivers 21 affordable homes in Cambridgeshire, emphasising community-led design, sustainability, and social connectivity.

This week's HLINks shares our upcoming HAPPI Hour webinar with TACT (Trusted Assessing & Care Training), the Government's consult on a 10-year NHS Plan, an introduction to LifeLens' VR experiential learning platform for people living with dementia, and much more!

This report published this week by Generations United, Healthier Lives Across Generations: A Blueprint for Intergenerational Living, offers strategies for addressing barriers to the expansion and scaling of this promising housing alternative.

We invite you to connect with us across our social media platforms to stay informed about the latest updates, resources, and discussions in the housing and care sectors!

Part of the Centre for Ageing Better's Safe Homes Now spotlight series, the report, with Independent Age, looks at the impact of poor-quality and unsafe homes on older people and highlights the urgent need for action.

In anticipation of Occupational Therapy (OT) Week 2024, we are excited to invite you to next week's HAPPI Hour, where we’ll explore OT assessments and trusted methods for evaluating accessible and adaptable homes.

LifeLens is a VR experiential learning platform which helps build empathy with the sensory challenges that can often accompany people living with dementia and ageing. Read on to discover more about their cloud-based "Train the Trainer" model and more!

The NIHR Research Programme for Social Care (RPSC) currently has 2 calls open which reference technology and housing respectively. If your organisation is looking to make an application and would like some Housing LIN involvement in your proposal, get in touch so we can discuss how best to support your bid.

In this blog, Kevin McGeough, Head of Strategy and Placemaking at Ebbsfleet, talks about the evolution of 21st-century New Towns, drawing from the UK’s proud legacy of planned communities that improved health and productivity.