1. Housing LIN 2013/2014 (3rd Quarter update) Jeremy Porteus Director

2. Housing LIN update Web developments:
Updated funding pages to reflect new arrangements under CASSHF and allocations under HCA/GLA Approved Development Programme
CASSHF online registration arrangements & scheme directory pro forma now available for completion
Following Winterbourne View concordat signatory, new safeguarding pages at:
New DAA page providing updates on and access to DAA's poerpoints and webinars at

3. Housing LIN updates Policy news:
Meeting with Kris Hopkins MP, incoming Housing Minister to make the case for housing for older people
GLA published draft London Housing Strategy with deadline of 17 February 2014
Integrated Care “pioneers” announced Housing LIN invited to provide expert advice to individual sites
Housing LIN award at national housing for older people ceremony went to Midland Heart HA scheme, Oakwood Lodge in Willenhall, Wolverhampton

4. Housing LIN updates Funding news:
HCA/GLA Approved Housing Programme announced, with some emphasis in housing for older and vulnerable adults (HCA deadline end of April)
Awaiting announcement of Phase Two of CASSHF (hopefully later this Spring)
£3.8b Integration Transformation Fund (now called Better Care Fund) published. Includes capital housing component ie DFGs £220m
Additional allocation of £150m to CCGs to Winter Pressures issues in delivery of health care

5. Housing LIN update New Housing LIN briefing post Dilnot
Considers the impact that the new care funding system will have on housing choices made by older people.
A move to extra care housing is chosen by some older people as a way to have access to on-site support and other beneficial features while retaining their own front door.
Extra care housing is distinct from residential care and while it is ‘specialist’ it is closer to ordinary housing.

6. Housing LIN update New Housing LIN Case Study
The business case for extra care housing: an evaluation of extra care housing in East Sussex
Key findings:
extra care housing acts as a preventative model, supporting • independence and avoiding admissions into residential care;
extra care housing is a more cost effective model of care delivery than • other models, including residential care and care in the community, and
the cost of extra care housing was on average half the gross cost of the alternative placements

7. Housing LIN Update A selection of new Housing LIN Viewpoints:
Growing older together: housing that is shaped and controlled by older people
What is the future of supported housing?
Food for thought: Catering in extra care housing
Future perfect: designer labels for an ageing society
Incentives for downsizing: oiling the wheels of the housing market system
Under one roof? Housing and public health in England

8. Housing LIN Update A selection of new Housing LIN case studies:
Breaking down the enigma of dementia: Extra Care at Bletchley Park
Halton Court: quality design attracts downsizers to Greenwich
A HAPPI partnership: delivering housing quality for older people in Hackney
A charter for older people in Plymouth
Blazing a trial: Extra care housing in Blandford Forum, Dorset

9. New workstreams/programmes
Working in partnership:
Working with CIH to update paper on remodelling sheltered housing
Partnering with Skills for Care to develop a series of good practice videos on care workforce issues in a housing. Showcasing the work of Guinness Care & Support, Family Mosaic Housing Association and a Swindon social enterprise, SEQOL
Some funding secured to extend the Housing LIN’s reach into Wales. Working with the Welsh Government on a selection of capacity building activities

10. New activities/resources
Other activities:
Housing LIN annual conference on 18 February ‘Extra care housing and dementia: learning today, improving tomorrow’ was a great success. Keynote speakers included:
Lord Filkin, Prof Anthea Tinker, Jeremy Hughes and John Mathers
A series of regional Housing LIN meetings and regional conferences planned for 2014, including South and South West event
Seeking sponsorship opportunities for events but also to help develop content on Housing LIN website and improve support offer to members

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