This week’s HLINks: 17 – 21 May 2021

Welcome to #Jeremytalks and our must-read weekly bulletin, HLINks (opens new window), week-ending Friday, 21st May 2021.

This week was #DementiaActionWeek (opens new window) and, to coincide, we held a highly informative HAPPI Hour session with Care and Repair England, Foundations and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists sharing their insights into the recent APPG Inquiry report on housing and dementia, especially in relation to the recommendations on retrofitting and adapting our existing homes.

We also released two guest blogs, the first by the research team at the University of Stirling on their scoping work on Ageing Well with Assistive Technology for Stonewater Housing Association (more below too) and, the second, by Tetlow King Planning’s John Sneddon on the possible implications of the government’s proposed Residential Development Property Tax and what it could mean for our sector.

And, if you live or work in the Kirklees area, we also welcome your input into a new project that our consultancy team are commencing into the housing needs and preferences of older people from ethnic minorities.

You can also take a tour of other news and events on later life housing and independent living with regard to homes and communities, health and social care, design and technology, planning matters and more. We feature a range of items that we think will be of interest to you, including two new reports. The first, the aforementioned paper by the University of Stirling on the Stonewater Housing Association’s INVITE project, funded by the Longleigh Foundation, on Ageing Well with Assistive Technology. The second a new report by the Centre for Ageing Better’s The Good Home Inquiry on housing quality in England and its impact on older people.

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Stay connected and, above all, with lockdown easing even further, stay safe.

Jeremy

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