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A new report by Age UK documents how our health and care system is struggling, and too often failing, to meet the needs of our growing older population.

This new Housing LIN guest blog, written by Jon Pritchard, Associate Director of Housing and Community Inclusion at Southern Health Trust, highlights the challenges faced by housing authorities and shares what is being done to address increasing levels of anxiety around the security, cost and sustainability of housing.

Welcome to this week's edition of HLINks, your go-to e-bulletin for all things related to housing with care. This week we launched a new Housing LIN report with LDAHN on supported housing, published a guest blog by Dr Anne Labit on cohousing for older adults, and hosted an informative HAPPI Hour webinar on independent living.

UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE), funded by Centre for Ageing Better, brings together a consortium of partners to evaluate different models of home improvement services in England. They are calling for evidence to gather information and insights from professionals with knowledge of home improvement services.

Welcome to TAPPI Cast, our weekly update on the 'Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation' (TAPPI) project which aims to improve the way technology is used in housing and care for older people.

We were delighted to be joined by Professor Emerita of Nursing, Julienne Meyer and Brad Chase, Associate Principal at Arcadis Architects (Canada) to take an international perspective on independent living. 

New research by the Housing LIN for the Learning Disability and Autism Housing Network and jointly published with them, provides the most up to date information on the size, scope, cost, supply and importantly future need of supported housing in England for individuals with a learning disability and autistic people.

To coincide with this week's Coproduction Week, TAPPI partners are delighted to publish 3 new Personal Stories from our Co-production Champions Group told in the authentic voices of the Champions. The stories cover the positives and negatives of digital technology, peoples’ hopes and fears and highlight how technology can be both a blessing and a curse.

Published to coincide with Coproduction Awareness Week 2023, this Housing LIN guest blog is written by Dr Anne Labit at Universities of Orléans and Tours, France, and outlines a nationwide participatory action research project on cohousing.

Welcome to this week's edition of HLINks, your go-to e-bulletin for all things related to housing with care. This week we reflect on CIH's Housing 2023, share two new Housing LIN guest blogs, and an update from the TAPPI team.