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

3 February 2025

Join us at our in-person 2025 Annual Conference, A Festival of Ideas, where we’ll explore the future of age-friendly homes and connected communities. Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, attendance is completely free!

Both events are ALMOST FULL! Don’t miss out on the chance to attend our Leeds event on Thursday, 6th March 2025, or join us in London on Wednesday, 26th March 2025.

We’re excited to welcome the following keynote speakers:

Professor Julienne Meyer, Chair of the Older People’s Housing Taskforce (Leeds)
Anna Dixon MP, Co-Chair, Inquiry, APPG on Housing and Care for Older People (Leeds)
Kate Markey, CEO, Nationwide Foundation (London)
Shahi Islam, Director of Affordable Homes, Homes England (London)

Thank you for being such a valued member of our community. We hope this week’s HLINks newsletter provides you with useful insights and inspiration. Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the coming weeks!

Best wishes,

The Housing LIN Team

News Highlights

The Benefits and Costs of Domiciliary Care study

This £1.6m collaborative research project, led by the University of Kent’s PSSRU, seeks to assess the value for money social care services provide to people receiving care and their families.

The Housing LIN is delighted to provide housing input and both share knowledge and experience of at home care and support the project with dissemination of findings to the housing sector.

Better Care Fund policy framework 2025 to 2026

The government has published the Better Care Fund (BCF) policy framework which sets out the BCF objectives, funding allocations and conditions for 2025 to 2026. It also makes specific reference to adaptations and technology. It will therefore be of interest to anyone who has followed our TAPPI programme.

Market Engagement Event for new supported living service of Brickfields, Brighton & Hove City Council

Brighton and Hove City Council is developing a supported living service in Hove, offering 28 flats for individuals with physical disabilities and brain injuries.

They invite potential support and registered providers to a Market Engagement Event on February 5th 2025, to discuss the project’s vision, partnership opportunities and procurement details.

Resource Roundup

Tackling inequalities in care for people with learning disabilities and autistic people

This best practice resource for the adult social care workforce published by Social Care Institute for Excellence, aims to close the gap in skills and knowledge across the adult health and social care workforce.

Expert Insights

Older People’s Housing Taskforce Report: The Key Points

First published by Pozzoni on 7 January 2025, this Housing LIN guest blog by Director, Nigel Saunders shares important insights and recommendations of the Older People’s Housing Taskforce report, released in late 2024.

Read on to find out more about how addressing these needs can drive positive change for housing, health, and social care systems.

What Else Caught Our Interest...

Housing Digital - Letter to the Editor: Better housing for older people benefits all
Urban Studies - Call for Papers: Critical and Conceptual Advances in Urban Studies

Dates for your diary

We’re excited to announce the return of our Annual Conference in 2025 after a six-year pause! During the pandemic, we shifted to an online Summit, but now we’re back in person with "A Festival of Ideas" - an event dedicated to exploring age-friendly homes and connected communities!

Both events are ALMOST FULLY BOOKED! Don’t miss your chance to attend our Leeds event on Thursday, 6th March 2025, or join us in London on Wednesday, 26th March 2025.

Spaces are filling up fast, so be sure to reserve your FREE spot today!

HAPPI Hour Webinars

We're busy planning our Spring/Summer series of HAPPI Hour webinars. In the meantime, you can watch all previous HAPPI Hour webinar recordings here.

Housing LIN Research and Advisory Servies

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.