This week’s HLINks: 26 - 30 July 2021
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Welcome to #Jeremytalks (opens new window) and our must-read weekly bulletin, HLINks (opens new window), week-ending Friday, 30th July 2021. This is the last issue before our August news break.
This week saw the release of the Appello/Housing LIN report, ‘‘The Tech Pandemic: the long-term impact of COVID-19 on usage of technology in specialist housing". The findings from our joint survey reveal that housing leaders believe their investment in technology will increase as a result of COVID-19.
And, in other news, we take a weekly tour of what’s new in later life housing and independent living with regard to homes and communities, health and social care, design and technology, planning matters and more. We highlight a range of important policy announcements and new resources that we think will be of interest to you, including:
- The Government’s National Disability Strategy which makes a number of references to housing and assistive technology
- The Nationwide Building Society’s report, ‘The future of home: A mutual approach’
- The Commission for Healthy Cities’ call for evidence
- Lord Kerslake’s Commission’s interim report on homelessness and rough sleeping,
- and, CIH Cymru’s report on housing advice and hospital discharge
Keep up-to-date with the latest on housing and care matters and register here (opens new window) to receive other notifications of your choice, sent direct to your inbox. And remember, during our summer news break, you can also access latest news on our webpages or follow us on our various Twitter or LinkedIn feeds: @HousingLIN (opens new window), @HousingLINews (opens new window) and @HLINConsult (opens new window)
Lastly, if you would like to talk to us about any matters highlighted in this week’s issue, share learning about your work and/or discuss how you can engage our consultancy services (opens new window) to support you, email ‘Jeremytalks’ at: info@housinglin.org.uk
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Stay connected and stay safe over the summer.
Jeremy
