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In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Phoebe Newton, Customer Voice & Engagement Officer at Sovereign Network Group, shares how the Housing LIN Future Leaders Programme transformed her understanding of leadership, confidence and belonging.

This new report by the Older People’s Commissioner for Northern Ireland highlights that the number of older private renters in Northern Ireland is set to rise significantly and the challenges faced by today’s older renters are likely to become a mainstream social issue affecting future generations. 

Housing LIN sponsor Everon UK celebrates a new Inspirational Achievement through its partnership with East Kent Colleges Group (EKC), bringing real-world digital care technology into classrooms across six campuses.

Today's newsletter highlights a Dementia Action Week HAPPI Hour webinar on creating inclusive, life-enhancing environments for people living with dementia. It also covers leadership and mental health initiatives, age-friendly housing insights, Future Leaders Programme applications, Older People’s Housing Taskforce updates, upcoming HAPPI Hour webinars and lots more!

It was with great excitement that, three years ago, the then government announced the establishment of an independent Taskforce to explore ways of boosting the supply of housing for older people, particularly purpose-built specialist accommodation such as retirement housing and extra care, also known as integrated retirement communities. How time flies!

This week marked Mental Health Awareness Week, an important opportunity to recognise the close connection between housing and mental wellbeing. At Housing LIN, we are proud to support conversations and action that highlight how safe, suitable and secure housing can positively influence mental health outcomes for people of all ages, including older adults.

In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Bianca Rossetti at the Centre for Ageing Better, explores how these new age-friendly design guides can help create more inclusive public spaces for everyone.

In this Housing LIN guest blog, Michaela Gibbons, Area Service Manager – RCT, Codi Group, shares her reflection on completing the Housing LIN Future Leaders Programme and her journey in housing, which began unexpectedly after studying health and social care and choosing a housing degree. 

This week’s Housing LIN newsletter highlights Mental Health Awareness Week 2026, the recording of our recent HAPPI Hour webinar on housing inequalities, and a new guest blog by Professor Julienne Meyer and Rachael Shimmin on England’s ageing population and the need to rethink housing provision. It also reminds readers that applications for the 2026/27 Future Leaders Programme close on 25 May, and features two new HAPPI Hour webinars in our Spring/Summer series, plus more updates.

In this new Housing LIN guest blog by Professor Julienne Meyer PhD CBE, Chair, Older People’s Housing Taskforce (2023-2024) and Rachael Shimmin, Chief Executive, Anchor, shares insights on England’s rapidly ageing population and the urgent need to transform housing provision.