🏘️ Could the language we use be holding back supported housing?
Dominic Hailey of Collado Collins Architects talks to Claire Wise of MTVH about demystifying the sector and unlocking small-scale development, in this new #HLINViewpoint:
www.housinglin.org.uk/News/New-Hou...

What does good dementia-friendly housing look like in practice? 🏡

Join our free #HAPPIHour webinar with the Dementia and Housing Working Group, Tue 20 Oct, 4-5.15pm, with speakers from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/Demen...

#Dementia #DementiaFriendly

🏡 For #AccessibleHomesWeek, read about award-winning Ossulton Court in Uxbridge which reinterprets the traditional almshouse through contemporary, accessible design, in this new #HLINCaseStudy by Stephen Melvin🌳
Read at: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...
#AHW2026 #ForAccessibleHomes

This week’s #HLINks is out now!

💠 AI State of the Nation report
💠 #HAPPIHour recording
💠 Next week: Dementia Across the Four Nations
💠 DHSC guidance on telecare
💠 Just Checking joins as sponsor
💠 #HomeshareWeek2026

lots more! www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3281

🎥 Our HAPPI Hour webinar on AI in specialist and supported housing is now available to watch!
Hear from HCR Law, Digital Task Force for Planning, Just Checking and SNG, and download the presentations:
www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/Speci...
#HAPPIHour #AI

Now out - our #HLINReport with HCR Law: the first AI State of the Nation survey of specialist and supported housing finds experimentation racing ahead of evaluation and resident involvement.

Read in full at: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...

#HLINReport #AIinHousing #DigitalSwitchover

Welcome to Just Checking, our newest Housing LIN sponsor! 🎉 Hear MD Amy Lewis at our AI webinar on 8 Oct, 4pm, talking about the responsible and ethical use of AI in social care.

Book at: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/Speci... #HAPPIHour

In this week's #HLINks:
💠 Upcoming AI practice briefing + #HAPPIHour
💠 #IDOP2026 webinar recording
💠 Jeremy Porteus' new blog
💠 Phil Holmes' Viewpoint on housing and care reform
💠 4 years of #ISPA
💠 HLIN at the Intergenerational Congress in Glasgow
• lots more!
🔗 www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3277

Is specialist and supported housing ready for AI? 🤖 Join us next week to find out!

At our webinar on Thu 8 Oct, 4-5pm, we will launch our new AI practice briefing - register for free at: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/Speci...

#HAPPIHour #AIinHousing #SpecialistHousing

🤖 New #HLINBlog! Jeremy Porteus, CEO of Housing LIN, asks whether specialist and supported housing is 'digi-ready' as AI moves from science fiction to "science faction".
📅 Join our free HAPPI Hour webinar on 8 Oct to explore more.

Read the blog: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/From-s...

"Inspiring, informative, insightful, and inclusive!"
"What a superb meeting. Thank you."
Missed yesterday’s #IDOP #HAPPIHour? The recording is now live!

Huge thanks to our presenters for such a fantastic session.

🎥Watch the recording/download slides: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/A-uni...

🌍 Day One at the Global Intergenerational Congress in Glasgow! Jeremy Porteus and Lois Beech presented on the recent APPG Inquiry report 'Creating Intergenerational Communities' to delegates from 18 countries. 🏡

Read more at: www.housinglin.org.uk/News/An-impr...

Out now! In this week's #HLINks:

💠 Special 4-nations #HAPPIHour marks #IDOP2026
💠 Homes England meets sector leaders
💠 Melfield Gardens wins HAPPI Award
💠 £2.3m for Welsh housing with care
💠 Almshouse Association turns 80

And lots more! 🔗
Read at: www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3275

This week's #HAPPIHour explored the stages of a HAPPI design, from research to design, planning and commissioning. Thanks to our fantastic speakers for sharing their insights and expertise.

🎥Watch the recording & download the slides: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/A-HAP...

🏆 Congratulations to Levitt Bernstein architects for winning this year’s HAPPI design award for Phoenix Community Housing’s intergenerational scheme, Melfield Gardens, in Lewisham!
Watch a video on the scheme: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kz0...
HLIN case study: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...

🧠 For World Alzheimer's Day, Dr Aisling Flynn shares her evaluation of a West Yorkshire dementia and housing training pilot delivered by the Alzheimer's Society and the positive results.
Read the blog at: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Dement...
#WorldAlzheimersDay #HousingLIN #Dementia

In this week's #HLINks:
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Housing Day report + blog
📆 Next week's four nations #HAPPIHour
🌟 Tomorrow's #HAPPIHour opener
💼 Research Officer vacancy closes soon
🎫 More Housing LIN supported events
And lots more!

Read here: www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3273

🎉 Congratulations to Harris Irwin Architects on opening their new southern office in Kingston Upon Thames this week!
The award-winning practice are proud long-term sponsors of the Housing LIN.
Read more at: www.housinglin.org.uk/News/Harris-...
#HousingLIN #LaterLivingDesign

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 For #ScottishHousingDay, a new #HLINBlog from Julia Wait, who shares how her own thinking about ageing in rural Scotland led her to explore community-led housing as a genuine alternative to traditional retirement housing.

Read at: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/A-Bett...
@scothousingday.bsky.social

New #HLINBlog by Elke Ielegems: what makes a place "right" for growing older?
Read more: www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/Are-we...
Elke is part of the four year 🏠 HOUSE research project in Belgium, and will present at our #HAPPIHour on 22 Sept.
Attend the webinar: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/A-HAP...