This week’s HLINks: 19 - 23 October 2020

Welcome to Jeremy talks and my weekly piece to audio to coincide with the Housing LIN's free weekly bulletin, HLINks, week ending Friday, 23 October 2020. Have we got e-news for you!

If you missed last week’s HLINks, you will not know that we have announced the dates for our rescheduled annual conference. Cancelled back in March as Coronavirus was taking hold, we are now organising an exciting week-long virtual Housing LIN Summit, with 10 sessions over 5 days, week commencing Monday, 7 December.

And to coincide with the Housing LIN Summit 2020, we have designated that week as the first-ever HAPPI Awareness Week. We want to further raise awareness over the 5 days about the virtues of designing ‘care-ready’ accommodation and age-friendly housing services.

On Tuesday saw the publication of the government's National Statement of Expectations for Supported Housing. We were pleased that it made reference to several Housing LIN resources that aid local council's strategically and operators plan to meet the needs and aspirations of customers and understand the demand for quality services and products for older adults and vulnerable people.

In other news, we published a new Housing LIN case study by BPTW architects on their award winning Rochester Riverside development for Countryside and the Hyde Group, winner of the Building for a Healthy Life at this year’s national Housing Design Awards.

In this week’s HLINks, you can also read our curated round-up of other relevant news and events on later life living with regard to homes and communities, health and social care, design and technology, planning matters and more, including the release of the APPG on Housing and Social Mobility’s Inquiry report into tackling the employment and earnings gap in social housing.

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Best wishes and stay connected and, above all, be safe,

Jeremy

This week HLINks also includes:

a round-up of latest/updated Covid-19 resources and guidance relevant to the sector
our usual a round-up of news headlines and new resources on housing, ageing, design and technology, planning, health and care, calls for information
In association with Tetlow King Planning, the updated Older People’s Care Development – Local Development Plan Monitoring
Housing LIN virtual networking events – join us for HAPPI Hour!

And next week we publish a new Housing LIN case study by HTA architects and Sovereign Housing on their award-winning intergenerational housing development at Hanham Hall, South Gloucestershire at this year’s national Housing Design Awards. Please also join us for our latest HAPPI Hour on Health starts at Home, where we will be looking at innovative local and national examples of where people are being supported at home with technology, aids and adaptations to prevent/following a hospital admission.

And following the publication of the RCOT guide Adaptations Without Delay and nearly 5,000 page visits and 1,500 downloads from our website, we have teamed up with RCOT to survey our membership about the impact the guide has had. Please give us your feedback.

Lastly, the Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter.

Stay connected, stay well and, above all, be safe!