Key Resources

• Putting Older People First in the South West - A regional housing market assessment
  The South West Housing LIN has led a comprehensive analysis of the issues that will shape housing with support in the region over the coming decades.
• More Choice, Greater Voice
  A toolkit prepared specifically to accompany the government's new National Housing Strategy for an Ageing Society to offer guidance to commissioners and providers to enable them to produce accommodation and care strategies for older people.
• Commissioning housing support for health and wellbeing (July 2008)
  This report commissioned by the Integrated Care Network explains what housing related support services are and the funding streams and national programmes they sit within. The role of housing related support in reducing the need for more costly services and meeting shared performance goals between health and local government is illustrated.
• Housing Resource - Extra Care Housing Toolkit
  This toolkit developed by the Housing LIN contains sections that cover in detail the essential elements in developing extra care housing from overall strategy, needs analysis, assessing current and potential supply, implementation and evaluation.
• At a Glance (pdf - 104Kb)
  A downloadable list of all the Housing LIN resources and learning material