Housing is now firmly back at the top of the political agenda, supported by various policy initiatives including the green paper and the housing regeneration bill. The government has promised to invest £6.5 billion over the next three years with an eventual target of creating 3 million more homes by 2020. Its efforts will be supported by institutional reform - the creation of a new Homes and Communities Agency and changed roles for existing institutions - as well as by a review of how the Housing Revenue Account can be improved.

While PFI credits at a value of £350million have been made available for housing projects endorsed but not yet signed, a variety of new models are being considered to accelerate the delivery of the building programme. These include local housing companies, special venture vehicles, urban developments corporations and city development companies.

The conference, the fourth in this successful series, brings together a speaker panel of exceptional quality to provide delegates with an in-depth analysis of the Government's strategy for taking its ambitious social housing programme forward. It will also examine in the round the advantages and disadvantages of the various new forms of partnership structures that have been proposed. 

Conference Chairman
Jon Sibson, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Expert Speaker Panel
Jeffrey Adams, Group Chief Executive, United House Group
Terrie Alafat, Director of the Housing Strategy and Support Directorate, Department for Communities and Local Government
Gideon Amos, Chief Executive, The Town and Country Planning Association
Alan Benson, Head of Housing and Homelessness, Greater London Authority
George Caswell, Chief Executive, Bolton at Home
Ben Cook, Senior Land Manager, Barratt Homes plc
Helen Fisher, Project Director for the Canning Town and Custom House Regeneration Area
Baroness Margaret Ford, Managing Director, Social Infrastructure, Royal Bank of Canada
Gerry Gormal, Deputy Director, Development and Regeneration Services, Glasgow City Council
Kevin Hanlon, Director of Housing, 4ps
Anne Kirkham, Deputy Director, Decent Homes and Housing Finance, Department of Communities and Local Government
Peter Marsh, Deputy Chief Executive, Housing Corporation
Richard Parker, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Duane Passman, Director New Programme Development, Community Health Partnerships
Dennis Rees, Chair, National Federation of ALMOs
Janet Whipps, Chief Executive, Gateway HMR Pathfinder

• Looking at institutional reform and social housing
• Review of the Housing Revenue Account
• Using PPPs to tackle London’s housing shortage
• Regeneration - the private sector in partnership with Local Authorities and Housing Associations
• The Commonwealth games – Glasgow 2014
• Funding regeneration in changing markets
• The future of ALMOs
• Delivering social housing services in the 21st century
• Housing PPP investment models
• Eco-towns and housing growth: planning and delivery
• LIFT in social housing
• Case Studies
• Gateway Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder
• Bolton at home
• A closer look at mixed communities – Newham
• Proposals for the first eco-town - Hanham Hall Bristol

The event is being held at:
Thistle Marble Arch
Bryanston Street
London W1H 7EH
Tel: 0870 333 9116      
Fax: 0870 333 9216
Website: www.thistlehotels.com/marblearch

Nearest Tube Stations:
Marble Arch (Central Line)
Bond Street (Central & Jubilee Lines)

• Social Housing and Regeneration: Innovation in Partnership Structures and Delivery Models (Documentation)