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We are excited to announce the release of a compelling new animation titled "The Regeneration of Outdated Sheltered Housing", based on insights from the recent All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care for Older People’s (APPG-HCOP) Inquiry Report. Serving as the APPG’s Secretariat and authoring the report, Housing LIN presents this animation to educate and inspire viewers on the past, present, and future of sheltered housing for older adults in the UK.

Hot on the heals of the Chancellor’s autumn budget, HM Treasury have published its areas of research interest. Of interest to Housing LIN members will be the references to housing, technology and place.

An initiative placing greater emphasis on cross sector coordination has been launched as part of the Welsh Government’s Winter Resilience Plan to improve hospital discharge times and care at home for the remainder of this year.

This week's newsletter highlights Tuesday's Welsh Annual Symposium on the regeneration of oudated sheltered housing, the House of Parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee's new inquiry, Amar bari, amar jibon project update and lots more!

Returns collated by the Regulator of Social Housing from all private and local authority registered providers show a net increase of nearly 43,000 social homes (24,756 affordable rented and 17,275 low cost home ownership units) since 2023.

This week marks Occupational Therapy (OT) Week, an initiative led by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) to highlight the invaluable contributions of Occupational Therapists. The week aims to raise awareness and appreciation for the ways occupational therapy professionals transform housing, health and social care.

The House of Parliament’s Health and Social Care Committee has been quick off the mark this Parliament and launched its first inquiry on the cost of inactions on adult social care reform for both older adults and working age adults. 

This week's newsletter highlights the upcoming Housing LIN Cymru Annual Symposium, Occupational Therapy Week 2024, Rachel Reeves' first Budget as the Chancellor of the Exchequer and lots more! 

On behalf of the Housing LIN Cymru Steering Group, we’re excited to invite you to our Annual Symposium, where we’ll dive into the findings of the recent All-Party Parliamentary Group on Housing and Care for Older People report on the Regeneration of Outdated Sheltered Housing.

Today, Rachel Reeves MP, presented her first Budget as the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Faced with a £40billion deficit, she backed up key Labour election promises on health and infrastructure projects, including a commitment to invest in affordable housing, with £500million to top-up the Affordable Homes Programme