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This draft guidance for engagement sets out the role of health and wellbeing boards following publication of the Health and Care Act 2022.

The government issued several documents providing statutory guidance for Integrated Care Systems on preparing integrated care strategies, developing integrated partnerships with adult social care, and who to involve in planning strategies, including a strong references to housing, homelessness and assistive technology.

This report shares findings from Ambition for Ageing's research project that commissioned ten community organisations to deliver activities for dispersed communities over a three-month period to find out more about the kind of support that older people from these communities need to stay connected as they age.

The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee has published a report in which it calls for the Government to urgently come forward with additional funding this year to help meet immediate pressures in adult social care.

The government have published their long-awaited response to the consultation on raising accessibility standards for new homes. The 2020 consultation sought views on how to raise accessibility of new homes and put a number of options forward in relation to improving Part M of the Building Regulations. As a member of the HoME Coalition - calling for stronger rules on accessibility -the Housing LIN supported proposals for Part M4(2) as the minimum accessibility standard as is delighted by the outcome of the consultation and the government’s proposals to adopt Part M4(2) as a minimum standard.

This wide ranging action plan brings together, in one place, the commitments that have been made by different organisations to realise these aims. It aims to make further and faster progress, and drive long-term change for people with a learning disability and autistic people, including boosting the supply of supported housing.

The Commission on Creating Healthy Cities, chaired by Lord Best and Kellogg College’s Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation, Oxford, investigated the links between urban matters and health and wellbeing. Their resultant report brings together a set of recommendations, which follow under four headings, including the built environment.

In 2015 South Yorkshire Housing Association (SYHA) were delighted that Sheffield was named one of only 14 areas in England to be awarded the Ageing Better programme from The National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF). This report outlines how Age Better in Sheffield has brought people together to build a city where everyone is proud to grow older.

Irwin Mitchell worked with property experts Knight Frank to look at seniors’ housing planning and the progress local authorities are making to provide suitable housing for our ageing population.