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We were delighted to be joined today by Tom Chance, CEO of the Community Land Trust Network, and Kathleen Woodhouse, a community development worker from Bristol, who set out national and local approaches to community enablement; from the work of Community Land Trusts to stimulate a vision for community led housing to Asset Based Community Development approaches that are inspiring new ways of engaging communities.

In this week's HLINks we highlights the Housing and Ageing Alliance’s submission to the 2025 Spending Review, the government's Telecare National Action Plan, an opinion piece from the ISPA project, a new Housing LIN guest blog on prioritising both quality and quantity of housing for older generations, and lots more! 

Better housing for older people benefits all, according to The Housing and Ageing Alliance’s (HAA) submission to the 2025 Spending Review.

The joint Telecare National Action Plan, Protecting telecare users throughout the digital switchover journey’, was published yesterday.

A new National Housing Federation (NHF) report published today explores how the NHS and supported housing providers are working together to remove barriers to finding a safe home and support people leaving hospital at the right time for their recovery.

First published in Inside Housing on 14th January 2025, this Housing LIN guest blog by Martyn Craddock, Chief Executive at United St Saviour's Charity, explores the urgent need for housing solutions tailored to England’s ageing population, projected to reach 29% by 2035.

In this week's HLINks we highlight the limited spaces available to this year's Annual Conference, A Festival of Ideas, this year's Housing Design Awards submission deadline, an update from the ISPA research project, a range of new sector reports and lots more. 

As part of their 100th anniversary, St Monica Trust's '100 Good Ideas' project is seeking submissions for your suggestions of how to support more people – in their communities and beyond – to live healthy, independent lives as they grow older.

A new report by Inclusion London uncovers the reality of inaccessible and unaffordable housing for deaf and disabled people in London. It follows an inquiry capturing the housing experiences of deaf and disabled Londoners and the supply of accessible and affordable housing.

In just one month, we’ll be kicking off our first in-person conference of the year in Leeds! We look forward to welcoming you on Thursday 6th March for "A Festival of Ideas: Age-Friendly Homes and Connected Communities," a pivotal event that brings together housing professionals, policy makers, and stakeholders to discuss the future of housing for older people.