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Older and Wiser - a practical guide to commissioning, developing and operating age friendly homes

This guide by The Housing Forum looks to address society’s failure to provide suitable homes for the ageing population by setting out a range of practical suggestions with 16 case studies demonstrating diverse solutions and inspired thinking.

Improving installation: How a new standard is transforming group living systems

This Housing LIN Viewpoint (No 103) describes the support given to housing managers at the sheltered and extra care schemes that use Legrand’s technology and measures taken to improve standards for grouped living systems so they could digitally adapt to the new world of social distancing and remote working under Covid-19.

West Sussex Health and Care in Housing Memorandum of Understanding: Working Draft for Engagement Purposes

This is a working draft of a proposed Health in Housing Memorandum of understanding (MoU) for organisations in West Sussex to co-develop and make a collective commitment towards the use of housing to improve the long-term health and wellbeing of our communities.

Build Back Fairer: The COVID-19 Marmot Review

Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Director of UCL's Institute of Health Equity, has published a new landmark report setting out the evidence that a generation of children and young people are at risk of worsening health and having shorter lives post the COVID-19 pandemic.

Older People’s Care Development – Local Development Plan Monitoring

In association with the Tetlow King Planning, this document monitors current local authority planning consultations that may be of interest for those seeking to develop housing for older people. 

A CollaborAGE Directory – Championing Communities

Do you know your cohousing from your community circles? - In this Housing LIN directory, we put the spotlight on models of collaboration in the development of age-friendly homes and sustainable communities during Local Area Coordination Week.

Finding our own way home – a ‘big’ conversation

With COVID-19 shining a spotlight into the health and social care inequalities faced by people with a learning disability and/or autism, this important new report - jointly written by the Housing LIN and Learning Disability England (LDE) - outlines the key results from research conducted into the housing opportunities and blockages for people with a learning disability and/or autism.

Finding our own way home – a ‘big’ conversation on YouTube

To accompany the new Housing LIN/Learning Disability England report, LDE has produced two YouTube films that highlight the personal experiences of people interviewed about the housing choices of people with a learning disability and the factors that influence where they want to live and the importance of relationships.

The State of Ageing in 2020

This report by the Centre for Ageing Better describes the nation’s state of health, finances, communities and assesses the impact has had COVID-19 on them.

Charities and housing organisations call on public to back proposals for better homes

As part of The Housing Made for Everyone (HoME) coalition, we have produced a guide and are calling for urgent action to tackle the UK's accessible housing crisis by raising the mandatory building standards in response to the government's current consultation.

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