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This week HLINks: 5 – 9 December 2022

Jeremy Porteus

Welcome to #JeremyTalks (opens new window) and this week's HLINks!

International Day for Persons with Disabilities took place on Saturday and, to coincide, the Housing LIN took the opportunity to address inequalities in the built environment. 

A BBC investigation found that major cities in England are failing to plan for wheelchair accessible homes. The Welsh Government reaffirmed its commitment to the social model of disability (opens new window) and set up a Disability Rights Taskforce. And in England, the Minister confirmed a new Disability Action Plan (opens new window) will be consulted upon and published in 2023.

This week we published two guest blogs. The first is by Professor Roy Sandbach, TAPPI Chair, in which he reflects on the need for practical testing of innovation in housing and care, and the other by the Housing LIN Cymru Steering Group about championing the best of Welsh housing with care and support and the role of our network in achieving this.

Last year we joined forces with ARCO and other sector leaders to call upon government to formally announce and appoint the Task Force that will focus on housing for older people. Follow our twitter campaign this month as we lend support for a Task Force that can provide sector leadership and make bold recommendations to improve the housing choices of people in later life. 

And here are several other items I want to draw your attention to:

  • A series of housing-related podcasts (opens new window) by the Later Life Audio and Radio Cooperative
  • The recent parliamentary debates/Select Committee covering the latest stage  (opens new window)of Lord Crisp's Healthy Homes Bill and the Select Committee's report on adult social care
  • A new Centre for Ageing Better YouTube video  (opens new window)on age-friendly communications and tackling ageism in our media portrayals
  • and our consultancy team was delighted to be called to present research with Learning Disability England at the NHF's webinar on the importance of supported housing.

Lastly, we are always keen to hear stories, receive your good practice case studies and thought leadership. If you would like to contribute, email us at: comms@housinglin.org.uk (opens new window).

Stay connected, stay curious!

Jeremy Porteus

The Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter.