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This new Housing LIN Case Study (No. 164) features an extra care housing scheme whereby the tenants are a mix of working-age adults with a care and support need as well as older adults. Natasha Bednall, Business Change Commissioning Manager at Leicester City Council, shares how this extra care scheme promotes independence and prevents social isolation.

The ‘Amar bari, amar jibon’ (My home, my life): developing living environments for Bangladeshi elders’ research team are delighted to announce the successful recruitment of a Post-doctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to support the delivery of the pioneering 36-month long research project, funded by The Dunhill Medical Trust.

Andy Hart, head of Delivery and Technical Support at Tunstall Healthcare, discusses why educating housing professionals in the benefits and appropriate use of technology such as Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS) is crucial if we are to improve service provision, and why technology continues to be underrepresented in training.

These top tips, developed as part of the LGA and ADASS’s work with the Shared Outcomes Fund, seeks to support directors of adult social services and their teams, focusing on the role of social care in supporting people experiencing and recovering from homelessness.

Last week, the cross-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee published a report in which it calls for the Government to urgently come forward with additional funding this year to help meet immediate pressures in adult social care. Despite positive stakeholder comments on the Government’s vision for social care and recognising impact on the sector of Covid, the Committee called upon Government to publish a 10-year plan for how the ‘People at the Heart of Care White Paper’ will be achieved, including references to housing.

The Learning Disability and Autism Housing Network (LDAHN) and the Housing LIN are working together to undertake research about supported housing for people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people in England. Have your say and take part in our survey. Deadline Friday, 16 September. 

We are delighted to announce that Stonewater has come on board as a Housing LIN sponsor. We look forward to building on our existing relationship to further share thought leadership, learning, and improvement from their exemplary practice.

Aimed at housing, health and social care professionals in England, Wales, and Scotland, HAPPI Hour webinars share the latest policy, practice and funding initiatives, and key learning points from innovative projects, new research and product developments. Following last week’s HAPPI Hour, the last in our Spring/Summer series, we reflect on what has been a very fun and informative series.  

In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Jo Stapleton, Good Practice Mentor and Outreach Specialist (former ABC Outreach Manager) at Age UK Camden, shares how to find, approach and engage the people ‘no-one’ knows, including men, BAME communities and individuals less likely to say ‘yes’ to accessing formal services, community activities and support.

This week’s HLINks provides a comprehensive round-up of the latest Housing LIN news, views, resources and events and takes a look at other items that caught our interest, including a government consultation on having your say on the Down Syndrome Act and Knight Frank 2022 update on Seniors Housing Development.