Housing Learning & Improvement Network
We are the leading national network for promoting innovative new ideas in enhancing the housing choices for older people and supporting change in the delivery of housing and related care and support services.
Extra Care Housing Tools
These new papers and tools cover in detail the essential components of developing housing that older people want, including extra care.
Health and Housing
With the drive to improve local health outcomes and integrated working, we showcase useful policy and practice examples that highlight the 'dividend' of partnering with housing at a strategic and operational level.
Housing with Care Matters
Our regular newsletter Housing with Care Matters features the latest funding, policy and practice developments, new online resources and shared learning and networking opportunities.
DH Funded Extra Care Scheme Directory
This directory celebrates the schemes built with support from the Department of Health Extra Care Housing Fund.
The Housing and Ageing Alliance
The HAA is a group that seeks to bring about improvements to the housing and living conditions of older people.
Learning Lab: discuss, share & engage
The Learning Lab offers you the opportunity to post questions, communicate across your region or get involved at your regional network meeting and share your experiences.
Housing and Dementia
These pages offer the most comprehensive information anywhere about meeting the specific housing with care needs of people with dementia.
Latest
Latest news, resources, form postings and events
- Queens Speech
- Any regional news or events for Housing with Care Matters
- Underfloor heating in Extra care schemes
- Creative dementia Arts Conference in London 11 June
- Conference 27th June York
- Venue needed for the next Y&H Housing LIN Network meeting
- Welcome message from Paula Broadbent Regional Lead
- The Ageing Population conference York 27th June 12
- Welcome to your regional noticeboard
- BBC 1 The One Show
- Conference 27th June York
- Welcome to your regional noticeboard
- Welcome to your regional noticeboard
- Welcome to your regional noticeboard
- Welcome to your regional noticeboard
Latest news
- New report captures the latest information on end of life care in England - the good and the bad
- FirstStop Training on housing and care options
- Housing LIN Newsletter April 2012
- EAC National Housing for Older People Awards 2012
- The National Planning Policy Framework
- The Independent Commission on the Future of Council Housing in Southwark
- Housing LIN Newsletter February 2012
- Telecare eNewsletter January 2012
- FirstStop Training on housing and care options
- £150m additional support funding for social care and £20m additional Disabled Facilities Grant funding
- Housing LIN Newsletter December 2011
- Social Services revenue and capital allocations announced
- Housing innovation could benefit older people and the taxpayer
- Extra Care Housing independent evaluation
- Lifetime Neighbourhoods
Latest resources
- What do we know now that we didn't know a year ago? - New intelligence on end of life care in England
- Housing LIN Newsletter April 2012
- A manifesto for older people's housing - April 2012
- The Coalition Government's Housing Strategy
- Making your home a better place to live with dementia
- Delivering Dignity
- Enabling older people with long term health conditions to plan ahead - self help guides
- Care in Crisis 2012 Report
- The critical role of housing in hospital discharge
- A better fit? Creating housing choices for an ageing population
- The National Planning Policy Framework
- Debating London's Homes - Are they fit for our lifetime?
- AT and dementia guide
- Dementia 2012: A national challenge
- Clinical Commissioning JIP Support Project - East of England - 12th Network Bulletin
Latest forum postings
- Queens Speech
- Any regional news or events for Housing with Care Matters
- Underfloor heating in Extra care schemes
- Creative dementia Arts Conference in London 11 June
- Conference 27th June York
- Venue needed for the next Y&H Housing LIN Network meeting
- Welcome message from Paula Broadbent Regional Lead
- The Ageing Population conference York 27th June 12
- Welcome to your regional noticeboard
- BBC 1 The One Show
- Conference 27th June York
- Welcome to your regional noticeboard
- Welcome to your regional noticeboard
- Welcome to your regional noticeboard
- Welcome to your regional noticeboard
Latest events
- Eastern Region Housing LIN Meeting
- South East Region Housing LIN Meeting
- Healthy Housing The role of Housing in Improving Health
- North West Region Housing LIN Meeting
- Housing, Accommodation and Support Special Interest Group Conference
- The Ageing Population - Turning the housing and care market on its head
- North East Region Housing LIN Meeting
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Extra Care Housing Tools
These new papers and tools cover in detail the essential components of developing housing that older people want, including extra care.
Design and development
The resources listed here offer guidance and examples of effective design principles and practice for the design of accommodation for older and vulnerable adults.
Funding Extra Care Housing
These pages give an overview of the principal ways Extra Care Housing developments are financed, reviewing sources of capital funding, modelling of a scheme's economic viability, and revenue funding.
Strategies and Policies
The resources here provide a range of examples of strategic and operational policies and practice that can help with preparing housing strategies for older and vulnerable adults.
DH Funded Extra Care Housing Schemes
These pages provide key information of completed schemes from the Department of Health's extra care housing fund.
