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This article, published in Social Policy and Society, presents research that explored loneliness in an underprivileged community, whose perspective supports a growing body of evidence that loneliness amongst older people is driven by wider structural and socio-cultural exclusion.

This report from East of England LGA is a self-improvement tool for Integrated Care Systems to help enhance collaboration between housing and health sectors to improve health outcomes.

Six months on from the submission of recommendations to the previous government, the new government has today released the independent Older People’s Housing Taskforce report. Entitled ‘Our Future Homes: Housing that promotes wellbeing and community for an ageing population’, it finds that there is an urgent need for age-appropriate housing solutions and makes a number of strategic and operational recommendations to address these.

The Quality of Life Foundation have produced a code of practice, based on eight principles, aimed to enable effective community consultation and engagement in development, planning and design.

This report by the Centre for Ageing Better aims to raise awareness of the links between health and homes and provide examples of local systems that have developed cross-sector initiatives to improve residents’ health by tackling problems in the home.

This report from Public Health Wales and Bangor University presents evidence that living in a colder home is linked with negative impacts on health and well-being, particularly for people who are older or who have health conditions or disabilities, and includes a set of recommendations on the satisfactory heating regime in Wales.

The Local Government Association have designed a toolkit, intended for councils and partners to use to raise awareness of the digital switchover and its implications for residents.

This report from the Centre for Social Justice demonstrates the importance of the built environment for tackling loneliness and argues for government to prioritise development with design features that contribute to social connection and wellbeing.