Conference Agenda

• Delegates arrive from 8:30am when an informal breakfast is provided, and a chance to network with other attendees, before the conference starts at 9:30am

• Investment & Partnerships in the Affordable Housing Sector – How is this evolving?

Speaker: Helen Collins, UK Board Member, Head of Affordable Housing Consultancy, Savills (Chair)

• UK wide opportunities for Development – How are Central Government looking to support Housing Delivery & what are the funding options?
• Which tenures are the priority?
• A Breakdown of the Key Programmes and Joint Ventures available with Homes England
• What is available and what are the processes?
• How will Strategic Partnerships between Homes England & Housing Associations facilitate delivery?

Speaker: Peter Denton, Chief Executive, Homes England

• How can partnerships and investment be used to make it happen and how can the private and public sector work together?
• How do we put socially conscious development and strong ESG credentials at the forefront of the investment in, and delivery of, Housing in the UK?
• What are the long-term opportunities and what tenures & products are HAs looking to deliver & where?
• How are we looking to structure JVs with Local Authorities, developers & investors?
• What do HAs need from Central & Local Government to make delivery happen?

Speaker: Geeta Nanda, Chief Executive, Metropolitan Thames Valley

• What is the International & Domestic Economic Outlook & what is this likely to mean for Housing?
• Where does Politics come in and what can we expect from a change in Government if that happens?
• Despite the uncertainty, why does the UK still make sense for both short term and long term investment?
• How attractive is UK Housing as an investment to international money?
• Where does Affordable Housing & Shared Ownership fit in terms of the overall market?

Speaker: Grainne Gilmore, Director of Research & Insights, Cluttons

• Understanding who can really own & operate Affordable Housing – where does a for-profit provider sit & how easy is it to create one?
• What do RSH regulations require when it comes to management of stock?
• Understanding the Funding Structures for Social Housing in the UK – how are these viewed by the regulator?
• What do those look to Invest with Local Authorities and Housing Associations need to know?
• New Partners & New Vehicles – Attracting New Investment & Innovation and the role it plays in Future Delivery of Housing

Speaker: Mark Windridge, Head of Private Finance, Regulator of Social Housing

• Government Announcements and what they mean for Local Authorities, Housing Associations and Private Sector Investment & Joint Ventures.
• What are the likely impacts of rent caps on the Affordable Housing Sector?
• Understanding how Private Sector Investments & Joint Ventures with Local Authorities and Housing Associations are important to helping delivery goals
• How can the needs of both the investor and the Local Authority or Housing Association best be married together?
• How much private investment has there now been into Affordable Housing in the UK?
• What is the long-term investment capacity of this market and where do we see the growth areas?
• What is the capacity for Local Authority Housing Delivery and where does the private sector come into this?

Speakers: Helen Collins, UK Board Member, Head of Affordable Housing Consultancy, Savills,
Steve Partridge, Director, Savills

• Panel Session – Why are investors investing in Affordable Housing and what is the potential of this market?
• What are investors looking for in the market and why now?
• Hearing from those who’ve been in the sector longer – what is the next stage of growth and what is the long term plan?
• How do Institutional Investors view the Affordable and Social Housing Markets?
• With ESG now at the forefront of investment decisions, how can we deliver real social value, but also a return for investors and pensions?
• Where does this fit in with other Residential Investments such as Build to Rent?
• What kind of deals and structures are investors looking for in Affordable Housing?
• What is the investor view of JVs with Housing Associations, Local Authorities and Housebuilders, to provide and manage Affordable housing?
• What are the biggest difficulties in the sector for investors and how can these be overcome?

Speakers: Elizabeth Austerberry, Chair - Octopus Affordable Homes, Octopus Real Estate,
Simon Century, Managing Director - Housing, Legal & General,
Shamez Alibhai, Managing Director and Head of Community Housing, Man Group,
Catherine Webster, Chief Executive, Thriving Investments,
Helen Collins, UK Board Member, Head of Affordable Housing Consultancy, Savills (Chair)

• How much of their overall funds are pension funds looking to allocate to affordable housing models?
• What are the key drivers moving forward?
• What kind of investments and locations are pension funds looking for?

Speakers: Paddy Dowdall, Assistant Executive Director, Greater Manchester Pension Fund,
Jacqueline Jackson, Chief Sustainability Officer, London CIV (London Local Government Pension Scheme),
Allen Twyning, Head of Affordable Housing, Pension Insurance Corporation,
Helen Collins, UK Board Member, Head of Affordable Housing Consultancy, Savills (Chair)

• What are the social value opportunities in the Affordable Housing sector?
• How can the sector retrofit it’s stock and where are the opportunities?
• How is this progressing and evolving and what is the next stage for these priorities?
• How can partnerships between Housebuilders and Local Authorities & HAs can add real social value, whilst regenerating and providing much needed housing?

Speaker: Andrew Van Doorn, Chief Executive, HACT

• Understanding the social value of offering accommodation to prevent homelessness
• How can we provide the homeless, in particular homeless families, good quality accommodation?

Speaker: Sue Edmonds, Chief Executive, Capital Letters

• Large Scale Regeneration across the UK – what is needed to make it successful?
• How do we create a mixed tenure, successfully integrated community?
• How can we strike the balance between Build to Rent and a genuinely affordable rental product?
• How are funding & investment models evolving for housing delivery?
• How do Housing Associations view Private Sector Investors and where are the potential Joint Venture Opportunities in the market moving forward?
• Are HA’s looking to partner with smaller organisations and charities and how can these unlock new housing and smaller sites?
• How can the Housing sector become more sustainable and demonstrate the highest standard of ESG & environmental credentials?
• How can partnerships between Housebuilders and Local Authorities & HAs can add real social value, whilst regenerating and providing much needed housing?
• How are these relationships evolving?

Speakers: Mary Parsons, Regeneration and Partnerships Director, Lovell,
John Anderson, Chief Executive, Allison Homes,
Mark Henderson, Chief Executive, Home Group,
Helen Collins, UK Board Member, Head of Affordable Housing Consultancy, Savills (Chair)

• Demonstrating real life Investment & Joint Venture Structures that Enable Delivery – How are they funded, who is involved, how are they delivered and what is delivered?
• (15 minutes per speaker, followed by Questions)
• Case Study One
• How can an urban London Borough innovate to deliver much needed housing?
• How is this delivered and what kind of partnerships are used to make it happen?
• Case Study Two
• How can housebuilders use private sector and public sector partnerships to deliver mixed tenure communities and valuable regeneration and housing?
• What is the potential to grow this across the country and how are partnership models evolving?

Speakers: Joanne Drew, Strategic Director of Housing and Regeneration, Enfield Council,
Kathryn Pennington, Divisional Strategic Projects Director, Countryside Partnerships

Speaker: Helen Collins, UK Board Member, Head of Affordable Housing Consultancy, Savills (Chair)