In this blog David Sinclair, Director of ILCUK and member of the Housing & Ageing Alliance, considers the importance of the location of the home and the concept of the 15 minute neighbourhood.
In this Housing LIN guest blog, John Sneddon, Managing Director at Tetlow King Planning, shares a positive example of how to overcome the issues associated with challenging Green Belt site and how the benefits of the proposals can be weighed into the planning balance.
Today saw the launch of a new APPG Inquiry chaired by Lord Best, Shared Ownership Housing for an Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation – or SO-HAPPI!
The lives of people living with dementia in Greater Manchester, alongside carers and loved ones, can be improved through better access to housing that reflects the changing needs and diversity of the population, according to the finding of a new report published today
The Dementia and Housing Working Group (DHWG), hosted by the Housing LIN, has developed a “go to” resource for easy access to Dementia-Friendly design and technology information and guidance to support the delivery of Recommendation 34 of this year’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Housing and Care for Older People Inquiry report, Housing for People with Dementia: Are we ready?
In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Head of Market Access at Tunstall Healthcare, Angus Honeysett explains how and why the next twelve months represents a pivotal time that will shape housing, health, and social care for decades to come.
Following ARCO's recent announcement on redefining extra care housing and Integrated Retirement Communities, this Housing LIN guest blog by their Executive Director, Michael Voges, explains the background research that informed their decision.
Hot on the heels of the Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Invitation (TAPPI) Panel’s Inquiry report, funded by Dunhill Medical Trust (DMT) and written by the Housing LIN, we are delighted that DMT has announced its intention to invest £1m to test out the 10 TAPPI principles across several local housing, health and adult social care economies in the UK.
Join us on Thursday, 9 December 2021 from 3pm for the ninth Housing LIN Summit 2021 - A Festival of Ideas session exploring examples of innovative practice to create aspirational places to attract people to ‘rightsize’ thereby improving their housing choices in later life.