This week’s HLINks: 24-28 August 2020
Welcome to Jeremy talks and my weekly piece to audio to coincide with the Housing LIN's free weekly bulletin, HLINks, week ending 28 August 2020.
In this week’s edition we bring you a kaleidoscope of features through the prism of housing, care and support for older and disabled adults.
Hot off the press, we kick off with a National Housing Federation report we have written for them on supported housing, released to coincide with their #HomesAtTheHeart campaign and this week's particular emphasis on living well. Our report sets out what is required to ensure there is sustainable development of supported housing for adults with long term care and support needs. And to coincide with the NHF’s campaign, we released a guest blog by Habinteg's support worker, Laura Gregg, on her challenging experience of working in a floating support service with very vulnerable adults during the pandemic in Teesside.
And, staying with Covid, the Government has updated its Coronavirus Adult Social Care info hub. I am delighted to report that the Housing LIN's practice briefing is now cited.
In other news, we also cover the Home of 2030 announcement of the 6 finalists shortlisted to go forward to the final selection process this autumn. This will ascertain who will be the ultimate winner and have the opportunity to develop innovative low carbon, age-friendly homes. I was privileged to be a judge of this government competition.
And following Frances Holliss' piece in last week's online Guardian Opinion, today is your last chance to take part in our working from home survey. We have teamed up with the Workhome Project to take the pulse of home working in the UK's social housing. Whether working in social housing or a tenant, please complete by the end of today.
In this week’s HLINks you can also read our curated round-up of other relevant news and events on later life living with regard to homes and communities, health and social care, design and technology, planning matters and more.
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Have a good bank holiday weekend, stay connected and be safe,
Jeremy
This week HLINks also includes:
- a round-up of latest/updated Covid-19 resources and guidance relevant to the sector
- our usual a round-up of news headlines and new resources on housing, ageing, design and technology, planning, health and care, calls for information
- In association with Tetlow King Planning, the updated Older People’s Care Development – Local Development Plan Monitoring
And next week, we look forward to featuring the latest guide in the series from Appello on 4 reasons why technology. This one focusses on supported housing. We also publish 2 guest blogs; the first, from a couple who share their reasons for downsizing and the other on lodging. Do also watch out for the start tonight’s for the Channel 4 series, Lodgers for Codgers!
The Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter.
Stay connected, stay well and be safe!