OHID London Housing & Health Update 4 March 2025
Housing
- IPPR – The homes that children deserve: Housing policy to support families: Report here
- The Homes England Autumn Learning Programme playlist is now available on YouTube, containing edited recordings of all the Autumn Learning Programme sessions. These sessions can also be accessed via the Local Government Resources playlist, which now includes over 100 recordings from Local Government Capacity Centre Learning Programmes to date for you to listen again.
- MHCLG Statement: Improving the quality of social housing and strengthening tenant voice. Full statement by Angela Rayner available here.
- UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence launches new website for Urban Retrofit. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), this project aims to challenge outdated planning models and break down barriers to transforming cities—helping them adapt and thrive on the path to net zero.
- Housing Quality, Safety & Health webinar, 28th March 2025, 10.30 – 11.30. This webinar, for public health and integrated health care professionals, will present the evidence on the impact of housing and health, provide an overview of current legislation and reforms and explore some of the challenges and opportunities in the London region. For more information, use this link Housing Quality, Safety and Health Webinar | ADPH London
- Housing and Health: A Partnership for Change (article), highlighting the work being undertaken by South East London ICS Housing and health: a partnership for change – South East London ICS
- Consultation: Warm Home Scheme published on 27 February,
Planning and Placemaking
- British Medical Journal Article on food and planning
- Webinar 27th February 12:30pm. Sport England and Institute of Health Equity: Place-based systemic working and integrating health. Find out more here.
- Joint meeting of the London Healthy Places and London Public Health and Housing Networks on Community-led Housing and Place-based initiatives. The next joint meeting will be hybrid at Southwark Council offices in Tooley Street and online on 16 April 2025. The theme will be ‘Policy and advocacy for healthy housing’. For more information and/or meeting invites, please contact Ros McDermott (Ros.McDermott@southwark.gov.uk).
- Child-friendly Planning & Design: Insights from European Cities – webinar recording. The webinar was a collaboration between the TCPA and Tim Gill, childhood expert and author of Urban Playground: How child-friendly planning and design can save cities. The recording can be found using the link Child-friendly planning and design: insights from European cities – Town and Country Planning Association
Transport & School Streets
- Slides available: Engaging on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. Dr Jo White took her research on community engagement to the Cardiff University Population Health and Social Care Division to explain learnings to date on framing low-traffic neighbourhoods. Her presentation is available to view on the TRUUD website.
Fuel poverty and cold homes
- Consultation: Fuel Poverty Strategy for England – A review of the 2021 fuel poverty strategy and consultation on a new strategy to deliver warm homes.
- Closing date: 4th April 2025
- Review of the Fuel Poverty Strategy: consultation document
- Consultation: Improving the energy performance of privately rented homes in England and Wales – Domestic Private Rented Sector Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards
- Closing date: 2 May 2025
- Improving the energy performance of privately rented homes: 2025 update – consultation document
- UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Adverse Weather and Health Plan (AWHP) 2025/26 Launch Webinar taking place on Thursday 27th March from 10:00 to 11:00. Please complete your registration by filling the following form, so you can receive a link to this event: Click Here
Miscellaneous
- Public Health Practitioner Programme– open for applications. Click here for more info
- As part of their ‘What is Public Health’ campaign the Faculty has launched a new animated explainer video which explores and celebrates the work of public health and its global workforce.
- Online Masterclass on heat health, hosted by the Faculty of Public Health (FPH), 2-4pm 20 March. With rising temperatures posing an increasing public health challenge, this session will provide a deeper understanding of the key evidence on heat-health and how to apply it in practice. More information can be found using this link FPH – Masterclass on heat health | ADPH London
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