HLINks Weekly: 2 November 2026
Welcome to today's HLINks! We begin by shining a spotlight on last week's launch of the £3m SHAPE Challenge Fund, now open for applications!
We marked the launch with a special HAPPI Hour webinar, introducing the ambition behind the Suitable Housing for an Ageing Population Evidence Exchange (SHAPE), a five-year programme funded by the Vivensa Foundation and delivered by the Housing LIN. If you missed the session, you can now watch the recording and download the slides, or visit the SHAPE site to find out more about the programme and how to apply.
We would also like to invite you to join us at tomorrow’s HAPPI Hour webinar, From caring places to neighbourhood health, when our speakers will explore how housing, care and community can work together at neighbourhood level to support health and wellbeing. Book your place now.
Also in this week’s newsletter:
- Chancellor’s Budget announces an extra £1.5 billion for social and affordable housebuilding
- Welsh Government publishes its Affordable Homes Provision in Wales 2025-2026 statistics
- Two new Housing LIN guest blogs, on age-friendly cities and communities in Spain, and on cohousing in South-West England
- Socialudo wins Social Enterprise Scotland’s Social Innovation of the Year award
- Appello guide on what almshouses must do about the digital switchover
- UK Cohousing Network paper on Charles Durrett’s UK tour, Building the Neighbourhoods We Need
- Brunelcare seeks a new Chief Executive to lead its 2030 Strategy
And lots more that caught our interest!