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This new 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.

This White Paper published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government aims to establish a new Charter for social housing residents in order to understand and meet the needs of social renters.

The Housing LIN is campaigning for urgent action to tackle the UK's accessible housing crisis by raising the mandatory building standards.

Welcome to this week’s HLINks, the Housing LIN’s weekly bulletin, week ending 13 November 2020. We unlock the sector’s key news, views and essential resources through the lens of housing and ageing.

This report by Community Land Scotland, highlights the work carried out by the organisation contributing to the development of affordable housing in rural communities in Scotland.

The Affordable Housing Commission’s latest survey of what stock owning councils and housing associations think about the Planning White Paper shows that an overwhelming number disagree with the government’s claim that the proposed reforms will help build the homes the country needs and, furthermore, result in fewer social rented homes.

This new blog, written by Nick Henley, describes the impact of the first Covid-19 national lockdown on our home-working habits. In the blog, findings from surveys on tenants’ home-working preferences are highlighted, along with tenants’ and landlords’ social distancing preferences at home.

With lockdown now in place, welcome to this week’s HLINks, the Housing LIN’s weekly bulletin, week ending 6 November 2020. We unlock the sector’s key news, views and essential resources through the lens of housing and ageing.

This report by Iriss, details background information, approach and findings of their discovery project launched in Spring 2019.

We are delighted to announce that the Housing LIN will be Secretariat to a new Inquiry, funded by the Dunhill Medical Trust, called TAPPI – Technology for our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation. Chaired by Professor Roy Sandbach, the former Director of the National Innovation Centre for Ageing, the TAPPI Inquiry will follow in HAPPI’s ‘care ready’ footsteps to review latest sector innovations and then develop a benchmark for what ‘good’ looks like innovative technology for housing and care for an ageing population.