Blogs

This blog by Elspeth Shaw, former Occupational Therapist and retirement housing resident, explores the journey of finding a retirement home after 40 years of moving between housing. Read on to find out more about their thoughtful approach to downsizing, the importance of future-proofing and the unique benefits of living among like-minded individuals.

This blog by Ignacio Gutiérrez, Former Manager at Monteparís Mayores, explores the fascinating journey of discovering innovative later living and care projects across Europe.

Discover findings from the ARC project on almshouse resilience and explore the new Knowledge Hub in this new blog by Dr Alison Pooley, Associate Professor at the University of Suffolk, is a Co-Investigator for ARC for the Future project.

In this blog, Mark Slater, Design Director at WWA Studios, responds to the updated National Planning Policy Framework consultation covering a broad range of issues, including to deliver more affordable housing and speed up planning of proposed changes.

Chair of the Greater Manchester Older People’s Network (GMOPN) Steering Group, Elaine Unegbu, shares insights from a recent roundtable held with Invisible Creations to highlight the opportunites for inclusive design and adaptations.

In this blog, Sinead Mooney, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, shares insights into Surrey's severe housing crisis and the county council's groundbreaking strategy to combat it. Read on for more details.

This blog by Jennie Shrewsbury, Good Practice Mentors Programme and Co-production Lead at South Yorkshire Housing Association, was published to coincide with Co-production week 2024.

In this blog, Karen Mitchell, Chief executive of Southway Housing trust, shares her experience chairing the Greater Manchester Housing, Planning, and Ageing Group (HPA) and how they're increasing age-friendly housing across Greater Manchester and shaping policies for a better future.

This blog written by Bob Green OBE, Head of Operations at Tonic Housing, Dr Georgia Bowers, Creative Ageing Expert, Guildford School of Acting and Professor Andrew King Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Ageing and Generations at University of Surrey. Read on to learn about the struggles faced by older LGBTQ+ people in housing and care, and how the Life House Project uses theatre to amplify their voices.

This Housing LIN blog, written by Jo Stapleton, Partner on the Good Practice Mentors Programme at Age UK Camden, discusses how communal spaces in housing communities, such as residents' rooms, gardens and informal seating areas, are often underutilised by those who housing staff aim to engage, as well as tips to overcome this.

In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Natasha Reid, founder at MATTER SPACE SOUL, reflects on developing new approaches to tackle loneliness through the built environment, including spatial design, placemaking policy and film. She asks “can compassion be built into the foundations of places as the new standard”?

This blog written by Sarah Mitton, Age Friendly Communities Manager at Clarion Futures, shares some of the ways in which Clarion is seeking to tackle this epidemic and inspire other housing providers to think about the role they can play in bettering the experience of our diverse communities.

First published in Inside Housing, this blog by Roy Sandbach, chair of the Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation (TAPPI), shares learnings from TAPPI projects across the country.

In this Housing LIN guest blog, published to coincide with Dementia Awareness Week 2024, Jo Oliveira, Group Design Manager - Technical Services at McCarthy Stone, reflects on her decade-long dedication to designing homes for older adults.

This blog by Faye Sanders, Doctoral Researcher at the University of Bath, explores the relationship between housing quality and health, focusing on how poor housing conditions can impact mental health through biological pathways like DNA methylation.