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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.

You're invited to next week's HAPPI Hour (4 July) in association with Arcadis. This webinar will look at how the work of the Task Force will seek to promote a range of solutions to boost the housing options of older people in later life, and take an international perspective on later living.

In this Housing LIN guest blog, Emma Mahy, CEO & Founder of IoT Solutions Group, highlights the growing traction in TEC for interoperability between housing and social care.

Last week at its meeting, the Housing and Ageing Alliance (HAA) appointed Mario Ambrosi, Director of Communications and Marketing at Anchor, as its new Chair. The HAA also welcomes Sarah Davis, Senior Policy and Practice Officer at The Chartered Institute of Housing, who has been appointed Vice Chair. 

Welcome to this week's edition of HLINks, your go-to e-bulletin for all things related to housing with care. This week we share useful resources to coincide with Learning Disability Awareness Week, Lord Best latest APPG Inquiry, HAPPI Hour recording, and lots more!

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.

This new Housing LIN Case Study (No. 168), written by Zoe Robertson, Assistant Director (Commissioning), Adult Social Care at Manchester City Council, focuses on the growth of Neighbourhood Apartments to develop a viable model to support health and social care priorities.

We were pleased to host this HAPPI Hour, in collaboration with West Waddy Archadia (WWA), on Trauma Informed Design within Learning Disabilities Environments. Recording, slides, and chat report now available.

Lord Best launches the latest APPG Inquiry into regenerating outdated sheltered housing to look at how best to regenerate our existing supply of outdated sheltered housing – from modernisation and extensions to repurposing and replacing older stock and service models – for our 21st century expectations.

Hosted by Mencap, Learning Disability Awareness Week (19 - 25 June) is an opportunity to make sure the world hears what life is like if you have a learning disability. The Housing LIN is committed to supporting the Network's members, commissioners and providers to improve the independent living choices of people with learning disabilities.