Happy Monday! In today's #HLINks:
💠 #HLINconf26 updates
💠 Call for views on Trusted Assessor services
💠 Jan 2026 update from MHCLG
💠 New London Assembly report on housing delivery
💠 Sector insights + #HAPPIHour library & events
Read the full newsletter👉 www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3202
Welcome to this week’s #HLINks 👋
📅 Book now: #HLINconf26
🏆 Housing Design Awards now open
🔥 New fire safety report on specialised housing
🎥 #HAPPIHour recordings
🗞️ Plus insights on Parliament, budgets, social prescribing, healthy homes & longevity
Read here 👉 www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3198
Welcome to the first #HLINks of 2026!🎉This week's newsletter includes:
💠 Our Annual Conference save the date!
💠 Top 5 priorities for 2026
💠 2024–25 Year in Review
💠 #HAPPIHour webinars
💠 £50m Disabled Facilities Grant boost
💠 Key sector updates & insights
www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3196
Final #HLINks of 2025!✨
💠 #HLINViewpoint with WWA
💠 2024–25 Year in Review
💠 23 #HAPPIHour recordings
💠 Save-the-date for Housing LIN Conference 2026
💠 New gov consultations
💠 #HLINblogs on later living & lots more!
www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3195
Thanks for an amazing 2025. Happy holidays!🎉
Our final #HAPPIHour of 2025 explored how design & collaboration create age-friendly homes as we revisited the #HAPPI principles with architects, residents & researchers. Thanks to Lord Best & our brilliant speakers👏
🎥Missed it? Watch the recording: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI... #HAPPIWeek
New #HAPPIweek guest blog🏡
Fiona shares her personal journey into #HAPPI-inspired sheltered housing – from decision-making to design, independence and wellbeing.
Read now and join our final #HAPPIHour today at 4pm with Fiona & Lord Best👇
www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Moving...
In today’s #HLINks:
💠 #HAPPIweek celebrates care-ready housing
💠 Housing LIN Year in Review
💠 #FutureLeaders meet at Appleby Blue
💠 Final #APPG Inquiry: Intergenerational Communities
💠 #HLINblog: 21st-century almshouse
💠 #HAPPIHour: future-proof homes w/ Lord Best
www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3194
Join us for our final #HAPPIHour of 2025! On 16/12 4–5pm we’ll explore how good design, innovation & collaboration can shape age-friendly homes & communities. Part of #HAPPIweek!
Featuring Lord Best, Jeremy Porteus + leading architects, residents & researchers: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI...
Missed yesterday’s #HAPPIHour webinar on dementia-friendly housing and services? Watch the recording + download the slides!
Big thanks to Pozzoni Architecture, Foundations & Accent Housing for sharing their dementia-inclusive housing & services designs.
🔗 www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI...
📹Watch this #HAPPIHour webinar recording on “Using data and AI to transform future housing and care at home” with Everon Group & Howz.
Huge thanks to our chairs, Jeremy Porteus & Pete Kerly, and speakers Kate Fairhurst, Julia Glenn and David Hall.
🔗 Watch now: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI...
👏Yesterday’s #HAPPIHour webinar titled “What the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act means for supported and specialist housing” turned out to be our most-attended session on record, with nearly 400 registrations!
Watch the recording + download slides: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI...
✨Marking International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPD and 30 years of the Disability Discrimination Act as a key moment to celebrate progress & spotlight lived experiences.
Proud to share new guest blogs + our #HAPPIHour reflections on the road ahead: www.housinglin.org.uk/News/Marking...
Happy December from #HLINks! In today's edition:
✅ Guest blog from Prof Julienne Meyer CBE
✅ Housing LIN Scotland Presents recording
✅ Digital strategy survey (£50 John Lewis prize!)
✅ Casey Commission update
✅ Dates for your diary, inc. #HAPPIHour
& lots more!
www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3187
Missed yesterday’s #HAPPIHour webinar on the landscape of housing for older people in Scotland? The recording is now live!
Huge thanks to Angela Currie, Gavin Wright & Dr Carla Reséndiz for their insightful presentations.
🎥Watch the recording/download slides: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI...
Looking forward to this insightful #HAPPIHour webinar in partnership w/ Everon Group & Howz! Excited to hear about the future of AI & its potential to shape housing & care for an ageing population.
🌐Online - Zoom
📅Thursday, 4th Dec
🕙10am - 11am
Register here: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI...
In this week’s #HLINks:
💠 Share age-friendly initiatives with Housing LIN & Arup by 28 Nov
💠 New report on accessible homes for older people
💠 #HAPPIHour recording: Homes Built Together
💠 Upcoming #HAPPIHour sessions
💠 And lots more!
Read on here: www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3184
Next week's #HAPPIHour webinar offers a timely and insightful look at the evolving landscape of housing for older people in Scotland.
📅 Tuesday 25th November
🕓 4pm – 5pm
💻 Online - Zoom
🔗Find out more & register: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI...
🎬Missed yesterday's #HAPPIHour webinar? Watch the recording! We explored community-led housing & cohousing, featuring Archio, Barefoot Architects, and Housing 21. Inspiring insights from our amazing speakers!
👉 www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI...
In this week’s #HLINks:
💠 @jeremyhlin.bsky.social at Deeley Group roundtable
💠 100+ at Bengali Probin East Enders drama
💠 NHS Strategic Commissioning Framework
💠 #LongevityWeek: housing & wellbeing
💠 #HAPPIHour #DDA 30 Years On
💠 Emma Palmer #HLINblog: accessibility
And lots more! lnkd.in/e7iTcGjw
This is your #HAPPIHour webinar invite!
Homes Built Together: Exploring Community-Led Housing & Cohousing with not one but two national Housing Design Awards-winning developments.
🌐Online
📅Tuesday, 18th November
🕓4pm - 5pm
Find out more and register here: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI...
30 years on from the #DisabilityDiscriminationAct, this week's #HAPPIHour webinar reflected on its legacy & what still needs to change in housing. Thanks to our brilliant speakers & delegates!
🎥Watch the recording: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI... #InclusiveHousing #DDA30 #HousingForAll
This week’s #HLINks highlights:
🌟 #FutureLeaders Programme session
💡 #HLINCymru Symposium reflections
🏘️ Social & Affordable Homes £39bn plan
✍ #HLINblog by Habinteg on accessible housing
📢 DHSC/FarrPoint survey - Have your say!
📽️ #HAPPIHour webinars
& lots more!
www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3178
30 years on, how far have we come since the Disability Discrimination Act❓
Join our #HAPPIHour webinar on 11 Nov, 3.30–5pm with experts & campaigners to reflect on housing, accessibility & inclusion.
Register for FREE👇
www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI...
In today's #HLINks:
🤝 Hanover (Scotland) joins as a #HLINsponsor
📄 Horley Independent Living case study
✍ Expert blogs on Surrey & new towns for ageing
📽️ Webinar recording: Market engagement & housing delivery
📅 Nov #HAPPIHour dates
+key reports & policy updates: www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3175
📽️ #HAPPIHour recording is live!
With older people’s housing set to feature in this autumn’s Housing Strategy, explore how market engagement can speed up delivery & create developments that truly serve communities. Thanks to all speakers & delegates for joining!
www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI...
In today's #HLINks:
👉 #HLINCymru Symposium – Welshpool, 4 Nov
📽️ #HAPPIHour recording: Towards age-friendly futures
✍️ Social model of disability #HLINblog
🏘️ Govt’s Healthy Homes Standard
🌐 #GetOnlineWeek - digital inclusion/wellbeing
📅 #HAPPIHours & more!
Read on: www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3173
Missed our #HAPPIHour on age-friendly futures?
Catch up on this insightful session exploring what it really means to create age-friendly communities, from policy to practice & research to real-life impact.
▶️Joined by Open University & University of Edinburgh: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI...
Today's #HLINks:
🏆 Housing LIN/Essex win Housing Award
🏘️ Appleby Blue: 2025 RIBA Stirling Prize
🌳 SW Leadership: Healthy communities
📅 Age-friendly #HAPPIHour, 21 Oct
📊 2 x Housing inequality reports
✍️ 2 x #HLINblog: Bolton CC strategy & adapted housing
Read on: www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3168
Really important points made by Sir David in the latest @housinglin.bsky.social guest blogs as part of our #DDA30 anniversary series. Join the #HAPPIHour on 11/11 to learn more www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI...
🎥Missed our latest #HAPPIHour?
Watch the recording of "Suitable Housing for an Ageing Population Evidence Exchange – The SHAPE of things to come" in partnership with @vivensa.bsky.social🏘️
Thanks to our fantastic speakers & attendees for joining!
▶️Watch here: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/HAPPI...
