Housing LIN update (4th Quarter) Jeremy Porteus Director Housing LIN

Housing LIN updates Web developments SHOP@ launched Changes to Funding pages to reflect Phase 2 of the Care & Support Specialised Housing Fund Support from Midland Heart (Learning Labs) and Orbit (Funding pages) Follow Jeremy on Twitter: @HousingLIN

March 2013 Newsletter (1) Policy & Funding developments: Budget announcement – housing aimed at 1st time buyers; Draft Care & Support Bill report include “safe & setlled accom. in definition for HWB; and Ready for Ageing report Market news: New section with latest intelligence

March 2013 Newsletter (2) New Housing LIN resources: 1 Case study: Ormskirk Extra Care Village 3 Viewpoints: Putting rights at the heart of ECH Home and Community: An ageing tsunami? An integrated approach to delivering personalisation

March 2013 Newsletter (3) Calls for information/your views: Care & Support Funding/Implementing Dilnot: New funding reform announced for care and support – implications for extra care housing? Email info@housinglin.org.uk, subject “Care and Support Funding”

New activities/resources (1) Technical Brief on Funding Extra Care Housing (capital and revenue) www.housinglin.org.uk/FundingExtra CareHousing South & SW Housing LIN combined event in Swindon on 1 May Support NHF on dementia events and new report on 2 May

New activities/resources (2) Working with consortium on Health and Housing compact with NHS England and Clinical Commissioning Groups (tba) New Housing & Health section on Housing LIN website (tba) Range of new resources on downsizing, combating isolation & loneliness, Eden Independent Living, Debenham Project etc Support HCA and GLA (in London) with online directory of DH funded schemes from Phase 1 of the Care & Support Specialised Housing Fund

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