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Barefoot Architects are one of 20 architects’ studios that have won a RIBA National Award, for their designs for Hazelmead, Bridport Cohousing.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment has launched an inquiry into how to scale up housing delivery without compromising design quality and construction standards.

This new Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman guide highlights issues disabled people face when applying to councils’ housing schemes, and the changes local councils can make to improve those services.

This new Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman Good Practice Guide is designed to help officers in local councils improve their practice when dealing with people who need housing adaptations, often through what are called ‘Disabled Facilities Grants’.

In this blog, Iain Scott, Senior Lecturer at the Edinburgh School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, and Caroline Pearce, a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, explore the need for an Ageing in Place (AiP) Standard tool that supports older adults to live independently.

In this week’s HLInks newsletter, we draw attention to the latest developments in housing, care and support, from our House of Lords reception to Rural Housing Week highlights, new resources on disability and homelessness, inclusive food models for older people, and key updates shaping the sector. Read on here!

This publication by the Royal College of Art provides an overview of the approach and resulting guidance from the design research project ‘Enhancing Future Community Connectivity for Ageing Well in Place: Co-designing technology and Environments’. 

The Local Government Association is hosting a discussion to help understand to what extent LAs and housing providers will have upgraded their telecare alarms to digital by January 2027 when the digital phone switchover is complete.

This week was the National Housing Federation's Rural Housing Week 2025, a celebration of the vital role that affordable housing plays in sustaining rural communities across England. At Housing LIN, we’re proud to support this important campaign and spotlight examples of good practice, partnership working, and community engagement that make a real difference in rural areas.

Launched during Rural Housing Week 2025, this new Stonewater research report highlights England’s worsening rural housing crisis.