Wednesday 4th March

8.30am
Arrival & Breakfast Networking Session

9.30am
Chairman’s Welcome & Introduction
Investment, Partnerships & Delivery in the Affordable Housing Sector

The 2026 UK Housing Market Update – Where are we?
How have politics and the wider economy affected the Housing market?
How have new policies and legislation from the current Government affected housing delivery?
Where does the UK now sit as an investment prospect in Residential markets?
What can we expect long term from the UK Housing markets in terms of tenure? How far will rental models grow and what will this mean for shared ownership?

What is the role of Homes England in Housing Delivery over the next 5 years?
Where are we with the affordable homes programme and where is the money being distributed?
What is needed to qualify and where are the priorities, in terms of geography and tenure?
How are the Government looking to support Housing Delivery across the UK & what are their objectives?
Which tenures are the priority?
What other kinds of partnership are Homes England looking to enter into and with who?

An update from the Regulator – what are the current priorities?
Understanding who can really own & operate Affordable Housing – where does a for-profit provider sit & how easy is it to create one?
Is innovation in the affordable housing sector an opportunity to boost delivery and how is it perceived?
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?

How are the Government progressing with their quest to deliver 1.5m homes in this parliament?
What Government policies can really make this happen and how far will these have to go?
What does rental reform mean for the Build to Rent sector and what is the current state of play?
How can the sector best prepare for the Rental Reform act and what are the unintended consequences we need to be aware of?

11.10am
Coffee & Networking Session

11.40am
The evolution of the For Profit sector: where have we come from and what can we expect in the next 5 years?
What are the challenges and opportunities?
What is the level of interest in new registrations and what scale of new entrants do we expect moving forward?
How have the early movers progressed and how many do we now have?
What is the process involved in registering and operating an FPRP and what are the Governance expectations?

The For Profit Registered Provider Case Studies – what is the outlook moving forward?
What has been setup, how, and what is coming next?
What are the challenges and opportunities?
What sort of scale are providers looking for and what are their tenure preferences?
What locations are the priority?
What are the operational and regulatory challenges with a FPRP?
How can the New Government boost the sector?

Investing in the Affordable Housing Sector – how do we attract new international and domestic capital into the sector?
What is the potential of the UK Affordable Housing Investment Market
How can we unlock more investment in shared ownership, including legacy stock?
What kind of deals and structures are investors looking for in Affordable Housing?
What are the biggest challenges to investing in affordable housing and how can these be overcome? Is Impact and ESG still a fundamental selling point for the sector?
Where does this fit in with other Residential Investments?
How do they see this market evolving – how do we achieve real scale?

1.10pm
Networking Lunch Session

2.10pm
Investing in Temporary Accommodation – How can this sector work as an investment?
Understanding the social value of offering accommodation to prevent homelessness
How can we provide the homeless, in particular homeless families, good quality accommodation?
What are the long term growth opportunities in this market and where does it work?

Local Authority / Combined Authority Panel – What does the public sector need to get more housing delivered?
Case Studies of Local Authorities doing it – how, where and why?
Local Authority Housing Delivery – Partnerships, investment & delivery
How are Local Authorities looking to deliver housing and what kind of partnerships and joint ventures are they looking for?
How are local authorities delivering their own housing?
What will the change in Government and their policies mean for housing delivery?
What is the impact of devolution?
How can we improve the planning system?
What kind of partnerships and investment are local authorities looking for to boost delivery of housing?

Housing Associations Panel – Delivery, partnerships and investment
How ‘traditional’ housing associations are embracing new models of delivery and funding
How do we reboot the HA development model and deliver more homes?
Future delivery – how can we make it happen and deliver more?
What are housing associations looking for in terms of partnerships and investment?

Housebuilder Case Studies – delivery, partnerships and opportunities
See case studies of partnerships and joint ventures from leading developers
What has been setup and how are we investing in partnerships and delivery
Where does delivery of affordable homes sit as an opportunity when compared to build to rent and other ‘living’ assets?
What kind of partnerships and investments are housebuilders looking for?
What will encourage housebuilders to deliver homes more rapidly?
How do housebuilders see the business model evolving over the next decade?

4.10pm
Chair Round up

4.15pm
Networking Drinks Reception for Speakers & Attendees