HLINks Weekly: Housing, Health, and Social Care Latest News

20 January 2025

We're back! In case you missed last week's exciting announcement...

We’re thrilled to invite you to our in-person Annual Conference 2025: "A Festival of Ideas", dedicated to exploring age-friendly homes and connected communities.

After an absence of 6 years, during which we shifted our annual conference to an online Summit due to the pandemic, we are organising not one but two events, FREE OF CHARGE.

Spaces are going fast! Find out more and book your place below:

We are immensely grateful to our select group of sponsors who have helped make this possible.

Thank you for being a valued member of our community. We hope you find this week's HLINks newsletter both informative and engaging. Keep an eye out for more exciting updates in the weeks to come!

Best wishes,

The Housing LIN Team

News Highlights

HAA members urge action on Older People's Housing Taskforce

Members of the Housing and Ageing Alliance have written to Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Health Secretary Wes Streeting calling for urgent implementation of the Older People’s Housing Taskforce recommendations that could fast-track the Government’s missions for better living standards, building 1.5m homes and ending hospital backlogs.

The ABAJ team meet with Deputy Mayor of London for Housing, Tom Copley

The Amar Bari, Amar Jibon project team had the pleasure of presenting the emerging findings from the Dunhill Medical Trust-funded project to Tom Copley, Deputy Mayor of London for Housing and Residential Development, at the BME London Landlords (BMELL) quarterly meeting.

Resource Roundup

HAPPI Hour - Why Warm Spaces Matter

With NHS services experiencing significant winter pressures, tomorrow's (21/01) HAPPI Hour webinar will explore the effectiveness of Clarion Futures’ Warm Spaces as a way of supporting the mental, physical and financial health of Clarion Housing residents and their surrounding communities. We look forward to lauching the Housing LIN evaluation report of this programme.

What else caught our interest...

Architect's Journal: UK needs to build 50,000 more homes a year for older people, says report
New Ageing Better campaign calls on government to halve number of unsafe homes within next decade to improve nation's health
UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence: Housing in Wales: Evidence for Welsh Government 2021-26
Community Land Trust Network: Community-led Place Stewardship Lessons from and pathways towards transforming management of large, housing-led sites in England and Europe
Demos: Social Capital 2025: The hidden wealth of nations
The William Sutton Trust: William Sutton Prize

Dates for your diary

You can watch all previous HAPPI Hour webinar recordings here.

Upcoming HAPPI Hour webinars:

HAPPI Hour - Why Warm Spaces Matter
21/01/2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Events supported by the Housing LIN

Appello Webinar: Analogue to Digital converters: Are they the short-term answer to the risk of telecare call failures? on Thursday 6th February from 2 - 3pm
The Good Home Hub Conference: from Evidence to Action live-stream event on Tuesday 25th February from 10am - 4:30pm

Housing LIN Research and Advisory Services

Building on our highly-prized learning and improvement ethos, the Housing LIN can help you and your organisation underpin your progress in a changing and challenging work environment.

Let's Work Together! To find out how we can support your operational and/or strategic plans, contact us at consultancy@housinglin.org.uk or visit our Research and Advisory Services.