Housing LIN

Today's #HLINks shares:

💠 #HLINconf overview
💠 #HousingDesignAwards deadline
💠 Bidding opens for Social & Affordable Homes Programme 2026-36
💠Welsh Government's draft dementia strategy for Wales 2026-36
💠 #HLINblog by AtkinsRéalis on resident engagement

And more: www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3207

👏That’s a wrap! Our CEO Jeremy Porteus closes #HLINconf26 in Newcastle, celebrating insights & innovation across ageing, housing, community & health. A big thank you to all our sponsors for making today possible. Next up... Bristol (12 March)!

Book here: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/Housi...

➡️Closing keynote #HLINconf26 – William Roberts (RSPH UK) explores and perfectly concludes how housing can create a healthier, happier nation. A fantastic overview of housing’s role in wellbeing & positive impact on health.

✨Read Jon's recent #HLINblog titled 'Working together to deliver extra care schemes', at: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Workin...

🔑 #HLINconf26 – Jon McDonald (Karbon Homes) highlights their accessible housing & specialist offer supporting health & wellbeing in later life, delivered with the #HAPPI design principles and partnerships at the heart of delivery: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/brows...

💡Thomas Dodd (Tunstall Healthcare) & Carla Dix (Delta Wellbeing) share how partnerships & connected models can predict, prevent & support care needs as people age, while Natalie James & Lynn Williams (Stockport Homes) showcase Independent Living & Carecall boosting resident wellbeing #HLINconf26

🤝 #HLINconf26 – Nick Sinclair (Community Catalysts) on relationship-based, community-centred support for those facing housing instability. Read his recent #HLINblog with 4 stories of local area coordination here: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Alongs...

🌳 #HLINconf26 – Carly Dickson (ARUP) presents the Age-friendly Town & Parish Guide: co-creating strategies with locals for better community outcomes produced in partnership with Housing LIN for the Centre for Ageing Better. Read the full guide at www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...

🏘️ #HLINconf26 – Barbara Clarenz (AtkinsRéalis) shares how they create the framework in order for community to develop naturally, referencing Surrey’s Horley Independent Living #HLINCaseStudy on supported independent living: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/... #HeadlineSponsor

Our CEO Katy opened the @housinglin.bsky.social conference in Newcastle today, talking about our SHAPE Exchange partnership. Our Trustee and Chair for the SHAPE Advisory Group @profroseg.bsky.social spoke about the provision of housing for older people in the NE.
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#HLINconf26 – Kris Peach (Housing 21) explores building local communities via pet-friendly policies, engagement strategies and coproduction. Housing that connects! #Housing #HeadlineSponsor

🏙️ #HLINconf26 – Katie Shepherd & Clare Lane (P+HS Architects) discuss research & policy opportunities to create healthy cities & homes, referencing the Older People’s Housing Taskforce, on which our CEO @jeremyhlin.bsky.social served: www.housinglin.org.uk/News/Governm... #AffiliateSponsor

🏠 #HLINconf26 – Laura Wood (ProCare) showcases inclusively-designed products fit for the future, highlighting where housing adaptations are currently going wrong and what we can do to fix the problem... it's not funding, it's delivery! #Housing #HeadlineSponsor

🏘️Prof Rose Gilroy (@newcastleuni.bsky.social) on older adults & housing landscape in the NE: frontline healthcare infrastructure insights shaping our ageing future, followed by Barbara Douglas (Elders Council NE) on listening to older people’s voices to guide housing & community policy #HLINconf26

🎓 Keynote at #HLINconf26: Prof Vikki McCall (University of Stirling) explores the #ISPA project & Socialudo’s games for inclusive social care. Transforming policy into practice: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/brows...

🌟 Setting the scene at #HLINconf26! Katy Saunders (@vivensa.bsky.social) highlights the SHAPE Exchange programme – shaping housing, communities & inclusive design. Learn more: www.housinglin.org.uk/SHAPE

🚀 Kicking off #HLINconf26 in Newcastle! @jeremyhlin.bsky.social opens the day, setting the stage shaping homes for health, independence and connection. Let’s explore the future of inclusive, connected communities! www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/Housi...

🎉Excited to welcome all our delegates to #HLINconf26 tomorrow in Newcastle! Get ready for a day full of insights and conversations across ageing, housing, community & health.

See you there!🏘️

✨New #HLINblog!

Ujwala Fernandes, Regional Director at AtkinsReális ( #HLINconf26 sponsor), explores how well-designed landscapes in sheltered housing boost wellbeing, independence & social connection when residents are engaged as co-creators🌿

Read more ➡️ www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/The-Va...

Today's #HLINks includes:

👏 Thanks to #HLINconf26 registrants & sponsors
💷 £723m Disabled Facilities Grant 2026
🏡 Wales’ ambitious housing & care programme
🏆 RIBA shortlist & Housing Design Awards
✍️ Guest blogs: Jon McDonald & Nick Sinclair

And lots more! www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3206

👉NEW #HLINblog!

Ahead of #HLINconf26, Nick Sinclair (Community Catalysts) shares four powerful stories, highlighting the impact of trust, time, strengths-based practice and the “relational buffer” of Local Area Coordination.

🔗Read here: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Alongs...

🌟New #HLINblog! Jon McDonald of Karbon Homes shares how the North East is meeting ageing population pressures through strong partnerships and ambitious #ExtraCare development.

We’re also thrilled he’ll be speaking at next week’s #HLINconf26!

🔗Read on: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Workin...

Wishing all our followers a peaceful and blessed Ramadan.

Our new report highlights how suitable housing supports dignity, faith & well-being for Bangladeshi elders in East London. Time for meaningful action.

🔗 www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...

👉Next Feb marks 10 years since the Welsh Government’s Expert Panel, led by Prof Judith Phillips, published A Housing AGEnda for older people’s housing.

Some progress has been made, but chronic challenges remain.

Read @jeremyhlin.bsky.social's new #HLINblog: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/A-deca...

New MHCLG guidance sets out how councils should assess supported housing need & prepare 5-year plans by March 2027.

We’ve supported many areas with this work, including our award-winning Supported/Specialist Housing Needs Assessment for Essex County Council.

Read on: www.housinglin.org.uk/SHROA/

This week’s #HLINks:

💠Supported Housing Act 2023 guidance
💠Homes England’s SAHP 2026–2036 (bidding opens 24 Feb)
💠Appello UK's Digital Telecare Readiness Report
💠HCLG Committee report on social housing conditions
💠 2 x #HLINblogs from our Welsh Symposium

www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3205

Less than a year until the analogue switchover and the new Digital Telecare Readiness Report 2026 (with Appello & Housing LIN) shows a widening readiness gap. Many providers may not complete upgrades in time, raising real concerns for resident safety.

Read on🔗 www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...

Last week (5/2/26) our CEO and Senior Grants Manager attended the House of Lords for the launch of the research report ‘Amar bari, amar jibon (My home, my life): Developing suitable living environments for Bangladeshi elders.’ Read the report here: www.housinglin.org.uk/_assets/Reso...

✨We’re proud to partner with the Centre for Care, who today release their phase one impact report, Towards a Better Future for Care. The report showcases their impact since 2021 and their ambitious plans ahead.

Read it here: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/... #CentreForCare #SocialPolicy

2 x #HLINblog posts share insights from the recent #HLINCymru Symposium:

🏠 Dr Clark & Prof Davis on design for ageing & end-of-life care: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Design...

🌳 Max Hampton on placemaking to reduce loneliness & build age-friendly communities: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Placem...