HLINks: New Housing LIN Viewpoint, new blog, news, resources, and events from the specialist housing sector
Welcome to this week’s HLINks, the weekly bulletin from the Housing LIN. This week we published Housing LIN Viewpoint 99, which looks at the Cockaigne houses, a pioneering example of co-housing.
We also have a new blog about intergenerational housing, new resources, news and features, and events from the specialist housing sector.
Housing LIN Viewpoint
Pioneer Intergenerational Co-Housing – The Cockaigne Houses in Hatfield
Housing LIN viewpoint 99 looks at the Cockaigne houses in Hatfield and reflects on what lessons we can draw from the scheme.
As recognised in the APPG on Housing and Care for Older People inquiry in 2016, it is a forerunner to the HAPPI principles and its attractive single storey design and build quality have stood the test of time.
Written for the Housing LIN by Richard Morton, of RM Architects, this Viewpoint asks what lessons we can learn from the success of the Cockaigne houses.
Housing LIN Blog
Intergenerational Housing
Jenny Buterchi writes in this blog about how intergenerational housing can play an important role in providing a supply of quality housing for older people.
Buterchi looks at housing typologies developed by PRP to meet this demand, and the ways in which housing can place older people at the heart of our communities.
The focus on first time buyers has skewed the housing market and left a shortage of appropriate housing for older people. Attitudes are, however, starting to change, and investors are starting to focus more on specialist housing.
Housing, Community, Disability, and Ageing
- Kingsbury Hill Fox - Extra Care, Assisted Living & Retirement Communities Market Report 17th edition
- Inside Housing - The Thinkhouse Review: is co-living a housing solution for vulnerable older people? (Requires subscription)
- Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group - Developing age-friendly communities in the Northern Gateway urban regeneration project
- UK Government - People with learning disabilities in England - Updates of national statistics about people with learning disabilities in England and the services and support available to them and their families.
- 24 Housing - The ageing revolution – beating social isolation through innovation – Opinion piece by Paula Broadbent, ENGIE.
- Built Environment Networking - Retirement Living Could Save the NHS and Social Care system £2.1bn a year (Requires subscription)
Design and Technology
- 2020 Housing Design Awards Now Open – The Housing LIN is proud to sponsor the 2020 Housing Design Awards
- Scottish Housing News - Technology enabled care in housing – it’s for all ages
Planning
- Planning Housing for Older People Developments Tracker - In association with the Tetlow King Planning, this document monitors current local authority planning consultations that may be of interest for those seeking to develop housing for older people. - Updated fortnightly.
Homelessness
- UK Government - Boost to successful government rough sleeping programme The government has announced allocations of a £112 million Rough Sleeping Initiative fund to provide local support for those living on the streets. Councils across England will receive a share of the funding.
Dementia Survey
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The King's Fund/ University of Worcester is running a survey - Enhancing the Healing Environment (EHE) Assessment Tools. If you are familiar with these tools and would like to take part in the review then please complete this survey by 17th of February.
Health & Social Care
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport - Loneliness Annual Report
- NHS Property Services - Refurbishing and right sizing a health centre, delivering a modern community hub and saving the NHS £9.6 million in running costs
- Centre for Ageing Better - 2020 - Could it be the decade of healthy ageing?
Events
Housing LIN Events
There are no regional 'IdeasLab' meetings currently scheduled, as we are making preparations for our Annual Conference- Vision 2020: New approaches to housing in Manchester this March. Watch out for more details on how to register for our Annual Conference next month.
Promoted by the Housing LIN
Training Opportunity
Autism - Some Different Perspectives. One day course, London.
Due to popular demand, we are delighted to now be offering 'Autism - Some Different Perspectives: A one-day course' as a group training session for individuals at our offices in Central London in April, 2020. Provisional Dates: Friday 3rd or 24th April 2020.
To book your place, or to discuss in-house training options (recommended for 8+ staff members), please email us: training@housinglin.org.uk.
Next Week
Next week we will be announcing the details of our highly anticipated 2020 Annual Conference.
With Thanks
The Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter.