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The Housing LIN and ARUP, in partnership with the Centre for Ageing Better, are developing a series of Quick Guides to help make our built environment more age-friendly. These guides are designed for local authorities and anyone involved in designing public spaces.

Co-produced with the Centre for Ageing Better, the Fabian Society has published new research calling for the government to act now to prevent a crisis for older people unable to access and live in good quality mainstream homes. It highlights an urgent need to ensure more mainstream homes are decent and accessible for an ageing society.

The newly appointed Housing LIN SHAPE (Suitable Housing for our Ageing Population) Exchange Board met today for the first Advisory Board session of a major new five-year programme, funded by Vivensa Foundation.

Today's Housing LIN newsletter shares CEO Jeremy Porteus's later living roundtable insights, community drama highlights, NHS commissioning framework, Longevity Week messages, HAPPI Hour reflections, Emma Palmer’s accessibility blog, and Mark Slater’s Dorset age-friendly Extra Care delivery for older people today.

In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Mark Slater, Managing Director at WWA, explores how Dorset Council, now the 100th UK area recognised as an Age-friendly Community, is advancing its vision for inclusive, high-quality Extra Care Housing.

NHS England has published a Strategic Commissioning Framework, which aims to support all Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) to adopt a strategic commissioning approach from April 2026.

Over a hundred attendees, including older Bangladeshi adults (‘probins’ in Bengali) aged 50 years and over, their families, and local organisations came together at Rich Mix, Bethnal Green, for Bengali Probin East Enders - a project feedback event featuring a community drama hosted by the Amar Bari Amar Jibon (ABAJ) team: The Open University, Housing LIN, and Bangla Housing Association. Read on. 

Longevity Week focuses on one of the most pressing challenges facing older adults: loneliness. Often overlooked, social isolation can have profound impacts on mental and physical health, increasing the risk of depression, cognitive decline, and chronic illness. Read on to find out how housing and living environments play a vital role in shaping opportunities for social connection and wellbeing in later life.

In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Emma Palmer, Cabinet Office Disability and Housing Ambassador and Chief Executive of Eastlight Community Homes, explores why accessibility must become a core measure of success in housing, not an afterthought. It is the final blog in a series of Housing LIN guest blogs leading up to the 30th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act.

This week’s Housing LIN newsletter covers HAPPI Hour’s DDA webinar, Future Leaders Programme insights, Housing LIN Cymru Symposium highlights, the £39bn Social & Affordable Homes Programme, a guest blog on accessible housing, surveys, and key resources.