HLINks Weekly: Housing, Health, and Social Care Latest News
HLINks Weekly: Housing, Health, and Social Care Latest News
5 May 2026
Before we dive into this week's newsletter, we're pleased to let you know that there’s still time to register for this afternoon's HAPPI Hour webinar!
Funded by the Vivensa Foundation, the Amar Bari Amar Jibon research (launched at the House of Lords in February 2026) explores how housing shapes health, wellbeing and identity for older Bangladeshi adults in East London, revealing urgent inequalities and the need for culturally responsive housing.
Join us to hear key findings, lived experiences and policy implications from this landmark study. Drawing on community voices, research partners and practitioners, the session will highlight opportunities for more inclusive housing design and better support for diverse ageing communities.
🌐Online - Zoom
📅Tuesday, 5th May 2026
🕓4pm - 5pm
Register in advance to secure your FREE place.
Also in today's newsletter:
- We’ve upgraded our registration system - update your preferences today!
- Now open: Applications for the 2026/27 Future Leaders Programme
- HAPPI Hour recording available: Designing intergenerational communities for wellbeing and belonging
- Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group publishes stories of co-production in practice
- New Housing LIN guest blog by Megan Coe (London Borough of Lambeth), on finding common threads amongst diverse leadership journeys
- A new legal perspective on technology for our ageing population by David Hall (HCR Law)
And what else caught out interest, including a collection of articles and reports exploring housing, health and social care inequalities, with a focus on accessibility, supported housing, policy challenges, and the impact of neighbourhood and national housing strategies on disadvantaged groups.
Thank you for joining us each week and being part of our learning community.
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Best wishes, The Housing LIN Team |
News Highlights
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Now Open: Applications for the 2026/27 Future Leaders Programme
We’re excited to launch the sixth intake of the Future Leaders Programme, sponsored by Sovereign Network Group.
It’s designed for early-career professionals (up to three years’ experience in housing and related sectors) to support their leadership development.
Applications close Monday, 25 May 2026.
Resource Roundup
Recording available: Designing Intergenerational Communities for Wellbeing and Belonging
Great to see such strong engagement at last week's HAPPI Hour webinar, the first in our Spring/Summer series!
Held in celebration of Global Intergenerational Week 2026, the webinar was chaired by Lord Best and followed the launch of the APPG Inquiry report “Creating Intergenerational Communities”.
A big thank you to guest speakers Shaun Carr (Phoenix Community Housing), Helen Puddle (Places for People), and John Glenton (Riverside) for sharing their insights into housing, neighbourhood design and community practice.
Collaborative Research for Ageing in Place: Stories of Co-Production in Practice
This new book by the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG) shares practical lessons on co-producing research in unequal communities, highlighting partnership, trust-building and experimentation as essential ingredients for meaningful, impactful research.
We are pleased to welcome MUARG to our HAPPI Hour webinar on Tuesday, 9 June 2026, the first of our SHAPE Exchange sessions, when we will be exploring ‘Designing homes and communities that reduce isolation and build connection’.
Expert Insights
Taking the time to reflect - finding common threads amongst diverse leadership journeys
In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Megan Coe, Public Health Specialist in Integrated Health and Adult Social Care at the London Borough of Lambeth, reflects on the Housing LIN Future Leaders Programme.
She highlights shared learning across housing and public health, and how diverse leadership journeys showed there is no single formula for becoming an effective leader.
Technology for our ageing community futures: legal perspectives
In a second Housing LIN guest blog, David Hall, Partner in the Technology and Innovation Team at HCR Law, shares insights on enabling older people to choose communities while staying independent.
He explores legal risks around data and digital care technologies, highlighting the importance of contracts, governance and resilience.
Case studies reveal pitfalls from poor consultation and fragile services, while practical approaches show how collaboration and data-sharing can succeed.
What else caught our interest...
- BME National: From silence to solidarity: reflecting on the housing struggles of Bangladeshi elders in East London
- Habinteg: Bruce Moore: How long must we wait for a government to take a strategic view on housing?
- Look Ahead: Breaking the Cycle Supported Housing as an Enabler of Mental Health Hospital Discharge and Community Mental Health Service Delivery
- Phoenix Community Housing: Completed development at Farmstead Road in Bellingham has won The Pineapple for Healthy Homes award
- The Health Foundation: Healthy life expectancy trends in the UK: a watershed moment
- The Strategy Unit: Neighbourhood health should not be judged (solely) by its ability to reduce hospital activity
- THIIS: Habinteg report reveals that Cornwall’s new housing plans are leaving wheelchair users behind
Dates for Your Diary
HAPPI Hour webinars
We are pleased to share our Spring/Summer HAPPI Hour webinar series!
- My Home, My Life: Housing, culture and wellbeing in later life — Insights from the Amar Bari Amar Jibon research on 5th May, 4pm - 5pm
- Strengthening mental wellbeing through housing for an ageing population in Wales on 12th May, 4pm - 5pm
- Housing: Still Rising to the Dementia Challenge – Dementia Friendly Fun on 19th May, 4pm - 5:15pm
- Designing for Everyone: Global Accessibility & Inclusive Design in Practice on 28th May, 4pm - 5pm
- SHAPE Exchange: Designing homes and communities that reduce isolation and build connection on 9th June, 4pm - 5pm
- Showcasing community-led housing projects – designing with community in mind on 30th June, 4pm - 5pm
- Technology-enabled, co-designed housing for better later living on 7th July, 4pm - 5pm
While free to attend for Housing LIN members, spaces are limited. Reserve your place today and join us for inspiring conversations, fresh insights and engaging ideas.
Events supported by the Housing LIN
- UK Cohousing Network: Living in Cohousing: Is It for Me? – Evening Online Cohort Course, 27 May, from 7pm - 8:30pm
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