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In this Housing LIN guest blog, Katherine Whitehead of Foundations reveals the everyday questions charity and voluntary sector workers struggle to answer about home adaptations, and introduces HAAN — a new, free network offering plain-English guidance and support for the people fielding them.

PRP Architects has three developments shortlisted at this year's British Homes Awards, including Retirement Villages Group's Botanical Place, up for three honours including Best Later Living/Supported Living Design of the Year.

Housing LIN CEO Jeremy Porteus reflects on an impressive twelve months, as our 2025-26 Year in Review looks back on a year of policy influence, knowledge-sharing and consultancy work shaping local markets for older and disabled adults' housing, and celebrates the work of our dedicated and passionate team, and our fantastic membership.

The Housing LIN team swapped desks for decks last week, spending their annual Away Day cruising the Kennet & Avon canal — reflecting on a busy year and looking ahead to the launch of the 2025-26 Year in Review, with a few swing bridges, bird sightings and some expert mooring along the way.

Everon Group has launched digital evaluation packages to help housing associations and care providers trial its cloud-based telecare ecosystem before committing to a full rollout, offering a low-risk way to test connected technology ahead of the 31 January 2027 analogue-to-digital switchover deadline.

Lavender View in Hunstanton, Norfolk, brings 61 new affordable extra care apartments to a thriving community. Delivered by Places for People and Norfolk County Council, this Inspirational Achievement shows how early engagement, joint assessments and a show home can transform how people choose extra care housing.

In this new guest blog, Tunstall Healthcare's Angus Honeysett introduces the Tunstall Partner Programme, and explains why open standards and closer collaboration across housing, health and care are key to a successful digital transition.

The government’s next version of the National Planning Policy Framework refers to new plans for meeting a housing mix to meets its 1.5m growth plans, and a requirement for at least 40% of homes to be accessible on bigger developments.

A new Housing LIN Viewpoint from Dr Ngozi Fakeye and Sukh Singh sets out how a typology-based framework can give housing and social care a shared language for forecasting demand and shaping the specialist accommodation market.

A new report by the University of Manchester’s Urban Ageing Research Group provides insights into the experiences of older people living in North Manchester, a large geographical area which is home to diverse, multicultural communities.