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In this new Housing LIN blog, Stephen Witherford, co-founder of Witherford Watson Mann architects, explores how Britain’s housing crisis is not just about numbers, but about rebuilding community.

We’re delighted to share Housing LIN’s 2024–25 Year in Review, celebrating a year of progress, collaboration and meaningful impact across the housing, health and social care sectors.

In October 2025, HCR Law hosted a roundtable with housing and care experts to discuss the future of older people’s housing, chaired by Professor Julienne Meyer CBE. Read this report for expert insights into the later living sector and practical steps to shape its future.

The final session of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Housing and Care for Older People Inquiry into 'Creating Intergenerational Communities' took place online yesterday. Co-chaired by Lord Best and Anna Dixon MP,  the Inquiry Panel heard from three organisations that shared examples of how they have gone about developing, managing and planning housing and neighbourhoods with a focus on intergenerational connectedness. 

Last week saw the publication of ‘Homes For All: A collective manifesto to end the housing emergency for everyone in Wales’.

This new report from the National Audit Office examines the effectiveness of the government’s approach to identifying and managing frailty on non-hospital based services in England.

Housing LIN’s Future Leaders Alumni came together this week for an energising in-person event hosted at the award-winning Appleby Blue almshouse in Bermondsey, this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize winner! 

In today's HLINks, we cover this week's HAPPI Hour webinar exploring designs for new dementia-friendly housing, a call for submissions of HAPPI-inspired developments for HAPPI Awareness Week 2025, the new Age-Friendly Town and Parish Guide, sponsorship news, a new documentary on housing and health, and lots more!

A new report, launched by Bield Housing and developed in partnership with Socialudo, sets out a 20-year vision for how Scotland can better enable people to live well, safely and independently at home.

Housing LIN is delighted to announce HCR Law as our latest partner and a headline sponsor of our Summits early next year. This exciting partnership builds on a shared vision to drive forward more progressive housing and care solutions for an ageing population.