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Vision really matters. Sight is the sense people fear losing the most. For #NationalEyeHealthWeek, we would like to highlight our Sight Loss, Home and the Built Environment webpages, sponsored by architects, West Waddy Archadia, providing resources, reports and individual stories around this topic.

Have we news for you! This week’s HLINks provides a comprehensive round-up of the latest Housing LIN news, views, resources and events and takes a look at other stories that caught our interest.

This report reveals the findings from the Good Home Inquiry, supported by the Centre for Ageing Better, that was set up in 2020 to investigate the causes of the crisis of poor-quality housing in England and determine potential policy solutions.

We are delighted to announce that ClwydAlyn Housing Association are the new sponsors of Housing LIN Cymru. They are very well known to Housing LIN members and we are thrilled that they have joined the small family of Housing LIN sponsors in Wales.

The Framework for Creating Age-Friendly Homes in Greater Manchester was developed by the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub’s Housing, Planning and Ageing Group and sets out the thematic priorities for partners to deliver on the ambition of the Age-Friendly Strategy to, ‘increase the supply of age-friendly homes’.

Lorna Cameron, Chief Executive Officer at Horizon Housing, reflects on collaboration with CaCHE, HACT and Stirling University to undertake a study into adaptation.

To mark its sixth annual #ForAccessibleHomes week, Habinteg commissioned a YouGov survey of over 2,000 British adults to gauge public perception around mobility and housing. 

Have we news for you! This week’s HLINks provides a comprehensive round-up of the latest Housing LIN news, views, resources and events and takes a look at other stories that caught our interest.

Designed for Ageing is a Healthy Ageing Challenge grant funding opportunity which is opening on 20th September 2021.  Awards of up to £2m are available for business-led service innovations that address the challenges of ageing and have ambition to scale.

This report details the findings of the Group’s inquiry into dementia research and what role the Government’s commitment to funding a ‘Dementia Moonshot’ can make.