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This week’s HLINks provides a comprehensive round-up of the latest Housing LIN news, views, resources, and events including the recording to our two most recent HAPPI Hour webinars with ADASS East on their Best Practice Guide and the other with the Local Government Association on the Housing our Ageing Population report.

Why does population ageing matter and what do the Census 2021 data tell us? This article was compiled in partnership with Age UK, the Centre for Ageing Better and the International Longevity Centre UK.

We are delighted to share our newest Inspirational Achievement by Arcadis IBI Group showcasing The Heathlands Integrated Health and Care Home, their innovative solution to offering both long-term dementia care and an intermediate care unit designed to help reduce prolonged hospital stays.

Published by Campaign to EndLoneliness to coincide with World Cities Day 2022, this report sets out why the built environment matters for loneliness, what features make a difference to our experience and how this can be achieved.

Published by LGA, this high impact change model, developed by the Housing LIN, encourages local partners to integrate housing delivery with local health and care commissioning and service provision.

This week’s HLINks provides a comprehensive round-up of the latest Housing LIN news, views, resources, and events including the recording to our most recent HAPPI Hour with Newcastle University on the Campus for Ageing and Vitality (CAV), a new guest blog by Nick Henley in which he sets out the need to accelerate cohousing developments and new report by University of Stirling INVITE project.

The current system of exempt accommodation, a type of supported housing that is used to house a range of people with support needs, is a ‘complete mess’ that is failing too many residents and local communities at the expense of the taxpayer, says the cross-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee in the 'Exempt Accommodation Third Report of Session 2022–23' report.

In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Nick Henley, co-founder of Cohabitas, specialising in co-housing and house sharing in later life, shares his thoughts on the UK's answer to Seattedamen - Denmark's first cohousing neighbourhood - which not only has communal living space, but also offers affordable and sustainable eco-homes.

New research led by housing and ageing experts at the University of Stirling has found that introducing low tech gadgets to retirement living schemes has a major impact on health and well-being.

Hosted by Housing 21 in their Birmingham mead office, we were delighted to hold the first in person with our 2nd cohort of Housing LIN Future Leaders. We were joined by Sarah Mitton, Clarion's Age-friendly programme manager and Greensquare Accord's Executive Director of Care and Support, Maxine Esply MBE.