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Housing Conference 2018
Tuesday 4th December 2018
Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Dublin
www.eolasmagazine.ie/events
Rebuilding Ireland Focused conference
The housing crisis is one of the major challenges facing This conference will focus on the challenges that lie
Ireland. In 2016 Rebuilding Ireland was produced in ahead, look at progress to date and discuss the way
direct response to this, with the plan aiming to go some
forward to ensure we are able to tackle the housing crisis.
way to addressing the exceptional disparity between
supply and demand and years of underinvestment in the It will bring together the key stakeholders with an interest
sector. or role in housing in Ireland and attract a good
attendance from right across the sector.
Progress?
Over two years on, where are we? Figures up until June A high level panel of local and visiting experts will
2018 show a drop in the number of people on the social examine key issues including:
housing list. 71,858 were on the waiting list for
4 Progress update on Rebuilding Ireland;
accommodation, a reduction of 13,941 from 2017 and an
overall drop of 22 per cent since June 2016. However, 4 Are we building the right type of housing?
undoubtedly, there is still a long way to go, and some of 4 Issues around funding and financing;
the challenges to resolve homelessness are highly
4 The reclassification of housing associations;
complex.
4 Creating a sustainable rental sector;
In the wider market, the issue of mortgage arrears also
remains significant – currently standing at above 15 per 4 Housing First National Implementation Plan;
cent of all mortgages. Constraints on lending and the 4 Looking at constraints on lending and the
cost of land will also have an impact on supply. As ever, issue of land cost;
there is a high level of demand for the rental sector, but
4 Going modular: innovative approaches to
how can we ensure that this is affordable? The Residential
housing;
Tenancies Board latest Rent Index report shows that as of
Q2 2018, standardised average rents are continuing to 4 Addressing the skills shortage in the
trend upwards at an accelerated pace. construction sector;
There is also the need to ask ourselves what types of 4 The role of local authorities;
housing and communities we need and want to foster.
4 Fostering the communities we want to have.
Simply saying we need to ‘build more housing’ is not
entirely the solution – what is the right type of housing
supply? How can we make better use of our existing
buildings? How can we cater for the increasing number
of one and two-person households? Single-person
households currently account for 47 per cent of the entire
social housing waiting list.
Programme
0830 Registration and morning coffee 1120 Innovative funding models for the social
housing sector
Funding Sharon Cosgrove, Chief Executive
0900 Chairman’s welcome and introduction
Oaklee Housing
Delivering on the Rebuilding Ireland plan Meeting housing needs: Edinburgh’s housing
Visiting
Strategy & Mary Hurley, Assistant Secretary speaker
strategy
implementation Elaine Scott, Housing Services Manager
Department of Housing, Planning and Local
City of Edinburgh Council (invited)
Government (invited)
The role of Local Authorities in delivering
Understanding the type of communities we Local housing services
authorities
Aoife Duke, Director of Housing Development
want to foster
Communities Limerick City and County Council
John O’Connor, Chief Executive
Housing Agency Innovative
Modular housing as a solution to the
housing housing crisis?
Carol McTaggart, Group Director of Development
Delivering Housing First to address urgent
Housing
Clanmil Housing, Northern Ireland
First housing needs
Bob Jordan, National Director, Housing First Questions & answers / Panel discussion
An overview of the housing landscape PANEL DISCUSSION
Housing in Ireland Creating a sustainable rental sector
market Ronan Lyons, Assistant Professor of Economics Rosalind Carroll, Director
Trinity College Dublin Residential Tenancies Board
John-Mark McCafferty, Chief Executive
Threshold
Meeting the reclassification challenge Fintan McNamara, Director
Reclassification Brian O’Gorman, Chief Executive, Clúid Housing Residential Landlords Association of Ireland
and Chair, Housing Alliance Rory O’Donnell, Director
National Economic and Social Council
Questions & answers / Panel discussion
1330 Chairman’s summary and conference close
1100 Morning coffee / networking break followed by networking lunch
Sponsorship and exhibition opportunities
There are a number of opportunities for interested organisations to become involved with this conference
as sponsors or exhibitors. This is an excellent way for organisations to raise their profile with a key
audience of senior decision-makers from across the housing sector in Ireland. For further information on
how your organisation can benefit, contact Lynda Millar on 01 661 3755.
Who should attend?
The conference will be of interest to all stakeholders involved in
aspects of housing, funding and management including senior
I wish to:
managers in the public, private and third sectors in Ireland. The
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conference will be of particular interest to:
Delegate fee €220 + VAT @ 23% = €270.60
• Professionals in housing policy and delivery;
Discounted rate for housing associations and • Government departments and agencies;
voluntary sector €110 + VAT @ 23% = €135.30
• Those providing benefits advice;
• Housing associations;
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