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A hugely important decision to improve fire safety standards

We were delighted to learn of an important decision made by the government to improve fire safety standards following RIBA's campaign to reduce the height threshold for multiple staircases in new residential buildings from 30 metres to 18 metres. We look forward to supporting RIBA in the implementation of this.

New blog shares how to use SaaS to prepare for the digital transformation

This new Housing LIN guest blog, by Gavin Bashar, UK Managing Director at Tunstall Healthcare, shares insight into Software as a Service (SaaS) and a real world example of how service providers are already preparing for the transition.

The power of co-production

First published in Care Management Matters on July 4 2023, this Housing LIN guest blog by Debra Edwards, a co-production champion for (TAPPI), shares her lived experience of drawing on care and support housing and reflects on the key principles that make co-production a success.

HAPPI Hour - Housing and integrated care: Moving from vertical to horizontal integration

We were pleased to host the final HAPPI Hour webinar of the Spring/Summer series! A big thank you to all our guest speakers from Accessible PRS, Astraline, London School of Economics and Milton Keynes Council for delivering an insightful session on housing and integrated care: moving from vertical to horizontal integration.

The recording, slides and chat report can now be found here. 

TAPPI Cast – 28 July 2023

Welcome to TAPPI Cast, our weekly update on the 'Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation' (TAPPI) project which aims to improve the way technology is used in housing and care for older people.

This week's highlights: updates from the TAPPI testbeds, including Bield and Pobl Group, and publications of interest, such as a digital exclusion survey and a guest blog on SaaS and the digital transition.

Future Leaders Programme 2023/24 welcomes 3rd cohort of inspiring participants

We were delighted to welcome the 3rd cohort of inspiring participants on this year's Future Leaders Programme, during yesterday's first get-together, kindly hosted by Inspired Villages at their Elderswell Retirement Village in Bedford.

We were joined by guest speakers Lawrence Cramer, People & Culture Director at IVG, Jack Baldan, a participant on the 2nd cohort, and Jamie Bunce, the CEO at IVG.

Sector News and Announcements

Older People's Housing Taskforce - call for evidence

This week, DHSC and DLUHC launched a call for evidence from the Older People’s Housing Taskforce seeking evidence to help it consider and further understand the market and needs for older peoples housing today, and to provide recommendations to minister on how it can be shaped for the future.

Parliamentary Select Committee launches Inquiry on disabled people and the housing sector

The Levelling Up, Homes and Communities Committee has this week launched an Inquiry that will examine the role of Government, local councils and developers in ensuring the delivery of suitable housing for disabled people It is now accepting calls for evidence until 21 September 2023.

The Cabinet Office Disability Unit opens consultation on Disability Action Plan

The Government has this week opened its consultation to the 2023-2024 Disability Action Plan. There are several important actions relating to housing, technology and care on the plan and you can have your say by 6 October.

Share your experiences of digital exclusion

We're delighted to support this survey commissioned by The Older People's Commissioner for Wales seeking your experiences of digital exclusion. If you, or someone you know, have struggled to do something that matters to you due to not being online, or because of difficulties using digital technology, we’d like to hear about your experiences and any problems this may have created. Please submit your response by Friday, 1st September 2023.

The Regulator of Social Housing consults on new consumer standards

The Regulator of Social Housing has proposed four consumer standards so tenants can live in safe, quality homes, have choice and protection, and can hold landlords to account from April 2024:

The consultation runs until 17 October 2023.

Events

Listen, watch and learn

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Spring/Summer HAPPI Hour series. This series included 10 engaging sessions, welcomed 50 inspiring speakers, and celebrated over 1300 registrations! Thank you to all those who participated. 

We are immensely grateful to all our sponsors. Their support enables us to deliver our events free of charge for Housing LIN members.

We'll return with another insightful HAPPI Hour series in the Autumn. In the meantime, keep up-to-date with all other Housing LIN and Housing LIN supported events here.

HLINks returns Friday, 15th September - Have a good summer!

Sally Taylor-Ridgway Membership and Communications Officer