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Jeremy Porteus
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Founder & CEO, Housing LIN. A 20k professional network promoting HAPPI inspired age-friendly homes and TAPPI influenced technology-enabled care at home. Sharing UK good practice, research, market insights & intelligence to aid sector learning & improvement
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🎥 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
October 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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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
October 9, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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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
October 6, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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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
October 5, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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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
October 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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🤖 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...
October 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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🌍 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...
September 30, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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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
September 28, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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🧠 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
September 21, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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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
September 21, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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🎉 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
September 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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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...
September 15, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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The Housing LIN is recruiting a Research Officer to join our consultancy and research team, undertaking qualitative research on supported housing.
📍 Hybrid home/Bristol, £26,000 pa, fixed term to March 2027. Apply by 5pm, 23 September 2026.
Full details at: www.housinglin.org.uk/News/The-Hou...
September 14, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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In this week's #HLINks:

🤝 #NationalInclusionWeek
📆 New #HAPPIHour season opens 22 Sept
💼 We're hiring a Research Officer
🏘️ United St Saviour's seeks new Chair & Trustees
📖 New Norwich housing report

And lots more! Read at: www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3272
September 14, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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📢 Booking now open! Our Autumn/Winter #HAPPIHour webinar series begins 22 Sept, running through Dec.

🏡 HAPPI design, AI, fire safety 🚀 SHAPE Prospectus launch 🎉 Our 150th HAPPI Hour! And much more!

Free for Housing LIN members. Book your spot: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/Forth...
September 10, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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🤝 We're proud to partner with @learningdiseng.bsky.social to share resources on housing for people with learning disabilities and autistic people — including their Housing and Autism Community of Practice and practical Housing Guide. 🏡
Read more: www.housinglin.org.uk/News/Housing...
September 9, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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🌞 Welcome back to #HLINks!
Recap our summer news and look ahead in our first edition back:
💠 Our 2025-26 Year in Review
💠 New #HAPPIHour season coming soon
💠 New Viewpoints, Blogs and Inspirational Achievements
💠 Revised NPPF published
• lots more!
🔗 www.housinglin.org.uk/nl/?nid=3270
September 7, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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🎉 HAPPI Hour returns soon!
Our Autumn/Winter season (22 Sept–15 Dec) hits a milestone: our 150th session!
Plus a UK-wide look at HAPPI futures, AI in specialist housing, the SHAPE Challenge Fund launch & more. Full schedule next week 🗓️
Keep an eye on: www.housinglin.org.uk/Events/Forth...
September 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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🎉 MHA has reaffirmed its support for the Housing LIN, becoming exclusive sponsor of our Older People and Housing pages. CEO Sam Monaghan says it helps MHA access latest research, stay ahead of policy change, and benchmark against other providers. 🏡 #HousingLIN

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September 4, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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🏘️ The revised NPPF (17 Aug 2026) brings welcome change for specialist & older persons' housing, says Mark Slater of WWA — but some earlier ambitions on accessible homes have been softened.
Read his analysis in this new #HLINBlog
www.housinglin.org.uk/blogs/The-Re...
September 2, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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🎆 Our 2025-26 Year in Review is here! A year of policy influence, knowledge-sharing and expert consultancy shaping housing options for older and disabled adults 💡🏡, in images, case studies and graphics.

📖 See the full Review at: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...
August 25, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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🏡 New Inspirational Achievement! Places for People shares how partnership working with Norfolk County Council brought Lavender View, a 61-home extra care scheme in Hunstanton, to life. #InspirationalAchievement

Read at: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/Inspi...
August 20, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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📢 Join the Housing LIN team!
Recruitment still open for our new Senior Research and Insight Officer, working across housing, health and social care.

📍 Bristol office, 3 days a week
💷 From £38,000
🕒 Full time, 35 hours
📅 Apply by 5pm, 16 August 2026

Apply at: www.housinglin.org.uk/News/The-Hou...
August 4, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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🏡 Senior cohousing or intergenerational living — how do they compare?
In this new #HLINViewpoint, Dr Kirsten Stevens-Wood weighs up both models, from tackling loneliness to building community across generations.
🔑 Read more: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...
August 6, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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🏡 “Housing is central to dementia care, yet often overlooked.” In this #HLINViewpoint, Ali Rogan & Vanessa Pritchard-Wilkes discuss:
🔑 Duty to adjust under Equality Act
🎓 Training gaps
💡 Design that helps everyone
📱 Tech built with people, not for them

Read at: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/...
July 28, 2026 at 12:08 PM