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We’re thrilled to announce our joint win with Essex County Council at the 2025 Essex Housing Awards, receiving the Specialist Housing Award for the Essex Supported and Specialist Housing and Accommodation Need Assessment.

The 2025 Stirling Prize, RIBA’s prestigious award for excellence in architecture, has been won by Witherford Watson Mann Architects at a ceremony last night for their new, HAPPI-inspired, contemporary almshouse design for United St Saviour’s Charity’s, Appleby Blue, in Bermondsey. This is a tremendous achievement and a great boost for retirement living.

With an increasing priority on neighbourhood health, 3 New Towns announced for the region and Dorset the latest to receive age-friendly community status, our South West Leadership Set met online this afternoon to focus on the paths for creating healthier places for an ageing population in the region. 

We are pleased to share our latest contribution to our Disability Discrimination Act series, ahead of its 30th anniversary, by Sir David Pearson, Independent Chair and Advisor.

A new report from the Centre for Ageing Better, delivered by the Race Equality Foundation, highlights the urgent need to address poor-quality housing faced by older people from racially minoritised communities.

This new report by Age UK draws on research it commissioned and highlights concerns about the affordability, accessibility and quality of housing available for people as they age.

In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Julie Riley and Lauren McKechnie, Co-Chairs of Bolton's Age Well Partnership, explore how Bolton is transforming ageing in the borough.

This week's HLINks includes tomorrow’s HAPPI Hour webinar, new Almshouses Reimagined publications, APPG inquiry updates, Disability Discrimination Act blog, World Mental Health Day highlights, and upcoming HAPPI events.

We are proud to support World Mental Health Day 2025, highlighting the importance of mental health and well-being for older adults and the role housing plays in promoting a healthy, connected life.

In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Catherine Casserley, a Barrister specialising in equality law, human rights and employment, explores the legacy and limitations of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 30 years on.