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Welcome to TAPPI Cast, our weekly update on the 'Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation' (TAPPI) project which aims to improve the way technology is used in housing and care for older people.

The APPG Inquiry into Regeneration of Outdated Sheltered Housing has made a call for evidence about sheltered/retirement housing in the social and private sector including from a range of tenures, social rent, affordable rent, leasehold, sale and shared ownership.

This new Housing LIN guest blog, by Gavin Bashar, UK Managing Director at Tunstall Healthcare, shares insight into Software as a Service (SaaS) and a real world example of how service providers are already preparing for the transition.

We're delighted to support this survey commissioned by The Older People's Commissioner for Wales seeking your experiences of digital exclusion. Please submit your response by Friday, 1st September 2023.

The Government has this week opened its consultation to the 2023-2024 Disability Action Plan. There are several important actions relating to housing, technology and care on the plan and you can have your say by 6 October.

The Levelling Up, Homes and Communities Committee has this week launched an Inquiry on disabled people and the housing sector. It is now accepting calls for evidence until 21 September 2023.

Yesterday, DHSC and DLUHC launched a call for evidence from the Older People’s Housing Taskforce seeking evidence to help it consider and further understand the market and needs for older peoples housing today, and to provide recommendations to minister on how it can be shaped for the future.

The government has committed to adopt an 18-metre height threshold for second staircases in all new residential buildings following cross-sector calls on this issue. 

Welcome to this week's edition of HLINks, your go-to e-bulletin for all things related to housing with care. This week's edition shares...

Welcome to TAPPI Cast, our weekly update on the 'Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation' (TAPPI) project which aims to improve the way technology is used in housing and care for older people.