HLINks: New Vision 2020 blogs and news, resources, and events

Housing LIN Blogs

Vision 2020 series

The Housing LIN Annual Conference is being held next month in Manchester.

The theme for this year’s sold out annual conference is Vision 2020, and this week we published two new blogposts outlining the challenges facing the housing with care and specialist housing sectors in the next decade.

Build better and build beautiful

The new housing minister, Robert Jenrick, announced he wants to build better and build beautiful, but what does this mean? In this blogpost Ed Warner, of Motionspot, asks how we can put this into practice, and lays out principles of good design and accessibility to ensure that the homes we build are suitable for all.

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From confusion to collaboration: working together to make the most of TEC

This piece is based on a recent roundtable event held by the Housing LIN and the Local Government Association. The event featured discussions about the use of technology enabled care (TEC) to improve outcomes by enabling better collaboration between providers.

Zillah Moore, Head of Marketing for Tunstall Health, discusses barriers to adoption, the need for privacy and consent in using data, and concludes that in order to move from small models to wider adoption we will need robust networks, and legislation regulating the use of technology in care.

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Home of 2030 competition

Home of 2030 is the design competition created to drive innovation in the provision of affordable, efficient and healthy green homes for all.

We need to increase the supply of new homes, ensuring resources are used efficiently and we build them to last. They need to provide healthy, safe and attractive places to live, that benefit people and communities.

Home of 2030 aims to inspire and reward the ambition of housing providers, designers, the supply chain and others helping to meet the big challenge of future housing needs.

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Housing, Community, Disability, and Ageing

• Centre for Ageing Better and Care and Repair England report: Home and dry: The need for decent homes in later life – This new report reveals that over two million over-55s are living in a home that endangers their health. This report provides an overview of housing conditions, with reference to an ageing population, in order to inform policy and practice.
• ATToday: Government confirms £505m will be made available for DFGs in 2020-21
• Building for 2050 is a new research project funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, that highlights the need to construct housing which is low carbon through its design rather than through reliance on technology. This video looks at ways in which the construction industry can reduce carbon emissions.
• The Telegraph: Bringing almshouses from medieval times into the 21st century – Almshouses are now being built at the fastest rate since the Victorian era. They may be one of the oldest forms of specialist housing, but they address modern issues.
• UK Government: Housing Minister launches competition to deliver homes fit for the future – A new competition is looking for designs for low carbon, age-friendly housing.
• Northumberland Gazette: Concern over supply of housing for older people in Northumberland after 32% increase in older population identified
• Inside Housing: Budget 2020 - what the housing sector wants from the chancellor – (requires a subscription to read)

Homelessness

• Delivering health and care for people who sleep rough: going above and beyond – A new report from the King’s Fund looking at how four local areas provide health and social care services to people who are homeless, and what other areas can learn from them.
• Inside Housing: As a former rough sleeper I know the importance of specialist support services
• 24Housing: Number of rough sleepers admitted to hospital up 130% in five years

Scotland

• ‘Count us in’ - This report, published by Trust, Hanover (Scotland) and Bield Housing Associations details the findings from a series of interviews and focus groups with older ethnic minority people living in Scotland. The report seeks to understand the needs and wants of older BME people living in Scotland and concludes with recommendations.
• Scottish Housing News: Triple Point to invest £6.2m in homes-for-life for people with long-term health needs Triple Point real estate investment trust is investing £6.2m in two Scottish specialised supported housing projects.
• Scottish Housing News: Building Foundations for Allocating Healthy Homes – Katrina Reid, health improvement manager, health and housing at NHS Health Scotland, provides a summary of the Building Foundations for Allocating Healthy Homes seminar held in Glasgow in November.
• 24Housing: Scotland’s Housing Festival: Homelessness, climate change and professionalism – A report on the discussions at the recent housing festival.

Planning

• Older People’s Care Development – Local Development Plan Monitoring - In association with the Tetlow King Planning, this document monitors current local authority planning consultations that may be of interest for those seeking to develop housing for older people. The tracker is updated fortnightly. 

Did you know? Housing LIN Training courses

Autism - Some Different Perspectives. One day course, London

Due to popular demand we are offering 'Autism - Some Different Perspectives: A one-day course' as a group training session for individuals at our offices in Central London on 3rd April 2020. We are now taking bookings for the final places for this course, taking place to coincide with Autism Awareness Month 2020.

To book your place, or to discuss in-house training options (recommended for 8+ staff members), please email us: training@housinglin.org.uk.

The Mental Capacity Act and understanding the Liberty Protection Safeguards

 The Mental Capacity Act and understanding the Liberty Protection Safeguards   We are offering a MCA and LPS one day training course on Friday 24th April 2020, in London. 

The Housing LIN website has information on the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) to help raise your awareness of the MCA and its relevance to housing.

To further improve your understanding of the MCA and understanding of the forthcoming new Liberty Protection Safeguards legislation, this one day training course offers an interactive programme, covering all that you need to know in respect of working with people who might, at some time in their lives, lack capacity.

To book your place, or to discuss in-house training options (recommended for 8+ staff members), please email us: training@housinglin.org.uk.

Events

Housing LIN Events - Spring 2020

• London Region Housing LIN event – 21st May 2020
• Eastern Region Housing LIN Event – 4th June 2020
• Midlands Region Housing LIN Event – 2nd July 2020 

Housing LIN Annual Conference

• Vision 2020: New approaches to housing and ageing. Housing LIN Annual Conference & Exhibition, Manchester (registration now closed)

Promoted by the Housing LIN

• Appello - Meeting expectations with digital telecare
• HRF Academic Conference - Happy Homes, Happy Society?
• Clarion Futures Learning Series: Social Innovation Pop-up Labs by Liminal Labs
• Better Housing Choices for Older People, and People Who Need Support (new date)

Next Week

Next week we’re pleased to feature another two guest blogs in our Vision 2020 series, ahead of our annual conference.

In the first, Yvonne Castle, CEO of Johnnie Johnson Housing writes about the challenges to providing top quality leadership in the affordable housing market.

In the second, Louise Drew at solicitors Shakespeare Martineau, writes about the importance of community for housing, and why housing for older people has to start with the people who live in it.

Next week is Integrated Care in Action week in the NHS and we will be drawing attention to the vital role that housing plays in health and social care partnerships.

With Thanks

The Housing LIN would like to thank Willmott Dixon for their support in producing this newsletter.