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The Housing LIN Summit - A Festival of Ideas - marking our 10th Anniversary - returns week commencing Monday, 6 December for five days of inspiring conversations in a virtual format with over 40 influential figures from the housing and care industries. Lots for you to choose from. Book now!

The Archbishops’ Commission on Reimagining Care has launched its public engagement phase providing individuals and organisations with the opportunity to say where you think care and support is working well, but also where things need to change.

Technology and digital infrastructure that support future care needs must be built into all new housing, leaders from a range of sectors have urged in a report by the TAPPI Inquiry published today.

Tim Barclay, CEO at Appello, reflects on the use of technology in specialist housing and explains, ahead of Tuesday's launch (26 October 2021), why they are fully behind the TAPPI Inquiry Report. 

It's here! This week’s HLINks provides a comprehensive round-up of the latest Housing LIN news, views, resources and events and takes a look at other stories that caught our interest.

Following the government's announcement on social care reform last month, this briefing aims to move the debate on from the cost of social care to its value, by laying out the significant benefits social care brings to the lives of individuals, their families, and their local economies.

This report, the Learning Disability Tech Landscape Review, is the third instalment in a series of technology reviews. This vital research clearly defines the different types of technology enabling learning disability care provision, map the sector’s developers and technology providers, and explore the associated functional applications.

Knight Frank's market leading research examines the fundamentals of the private Senior Living market from the strong demographic landscape to sales and rental performance of the largest private operators.

In the latest Housing and Ageing Alliance members’ blog, Sarah Davis senior policy officer at the Chartered Institute of Housing makes the case for developing person centred approaches to making our homes fit for purpose for an ageing population in a time of climate change.

In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Clive Gilbert, Policy Manager at Policy Connect and a TAPPI Panel member, and Dr Hannah Marston at the Open University, draw attention to the government’s recent National Disability Strategy and considers how assistive technology can help enable disabled and older people achieve genuine choice and control.