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Housing LIN is thrilled to announce Norscot as our new sponsor of Housing LIN Scotland, marking an exciting step forward in the commitment to advancing innovative housing and care solutions for older people across Scotland.

Our CEO, Jeremy Porteus, was honoured to join Professor Julienne Meyer, chair of the Older People’s Housing Taskforce, people with lived experience, and a selection of industry leaders - including several members of the Housing & Ageing Alliance - to ‘think big’ at yesterday’s Casey Commission evidence session in Westminster.

With the 2027 digital switchover nearing, Appello and Housing LIN launch a key survey to assess sector readiness and guide data-driven telecare strategy. Share your insights and access early findings today!

The NIHR Policy Research Programme are inviting applications for a single research project to evaluate the Disabled Facilities Grant. The deadline for Stage One submissions is 10 December. 

In this week’s newsletter, we share tomorrow’s HAPPI Hour on Scotland’s future housing for older people, news on age-friendly initiatives, a new report on accessible homes, last week’s recording, and upcoming HAPPI Hours covering key housing and care themes ahead.

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 Evidence) 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.