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As a longstanding sponsor of the Housing Design Awards, and particularly championing the HAPPI category, if you are entering this year’s awards, please note that the deadline for submissions is tomorrow, Thursday, 13 March 2025.

This blog by Chloe Halsted, Parliamentary and Policy Researcher to the Bishops of Derby, Lincoln and Sheffield, explores her personal journey with leadership through a diverse career path.

Following the DHSC and DSIT's publication of the Telecare National Action Plan, the Housing LIN contacted members supporting technology-enhanced housing and care services to share their views on the plan ahead of the digital switchover by January 2027.

This week's newsletter celebrates our first in person conference since the pandemic, helf at at the Marriott Hotel in Leeds; shares a new All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care for Older People inquiry on how the built environment can create intergenerational communities in both mainstream and specialist housing; a new Housing LIN guest blog of leadership in the sector; and more!

We are delighted to see that Appleby Blue, an overall 2024 National Housing Design and HAPPI winner, has been shortlisted by RIBA London and, in RIBA's East region, The Dovehouse Court Almshouses have also been shortlisted for an award.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care for Older People has launched a new inquiry on how the built environment can create intergenerational communities in both mainstream and specialist housing. Co-chaired by Lord Best and Anna Dixon MP, the inquiry, which begins on 4 March 2025, will run for one year and aims to explore how to improve the intergenerational experience of older people, based on where they live and their surroundings.

This new Housing LIN guest blog by Amelia Counsell, Property Performance Manager at Housing 21, explores the invaluable experience of participating in the Housing LIN’s Future Leaders Programme, ahead of this year's Housing LIN Conference 2025. 

We are delighted to extend our heartfelt thanks to our headline sponsors, AtkinsRéalis and Tunstall Healthcare Ltd, for their generous support in making this event possible. We would also like to extend our sincere appreciation to our associate sponsors: Invisible Creations, Procare, P+HS Architects, and Shakespeare Martineau. 

Housing LIN is back and gearing up for next Thursday’s highly anticipated Annual Conference in Leeds, marking our first in-person gathering since 2019! We're excited to introduce our second headline speaker of the event, Anna Dixon MP.

This week's newsletter features an important update on this year's Housing LIN Conference, the government's newly released Digital Inclusion Action Plan, a final call for the Housing Design Awards deadline, a selection of sector-leading reports, and more!