Affodable Housing; creating quality, innovative housing and communities

With the current poverty crisis and the long term social, economic and environmental impacts brought about by lockdown and the pandemic, the importance of a supply of stable, high quality affordable homes has never been more important for our environmental, physical and economic wellbeing. The current shortage of affordable homes, for which estimates vary vastly but, is in the hundreds of thousands has impacts on poverty levels, child poverty homelessness, barriers to investment and more.

The Scottish Government has set a targt of the delivery of 110,000 by 2032, with an investment of £3.5 billion in this parliament to push towards this long term goal. This event will explore what innovtions and strategies will be needed to make sure that this and, future, investments can deliver these much needed homes and create a fairer, healthier, wealthier Scotland.

The topics covered in this event will include:

• Investment and funding
• Innovtions in strategy
• Healthier, wealthier communities
• Infrastructure
• Amenities
• Inclusivity

This event is an ideal opportunity for all those involved in the housing sector, including local and national government officers, elected representatives at local and national level, private sector organisations, community organisations, housing associations, charities, social enterprises, government agencies, planners, architects, developers, representative bodies and membership organisations among others to engage with other thought leaders and potential partners that can help forge solutions to the challenges we currently face.

Below you will find the current event agenda, which will be updated regularly.

Event Agenda:

14:00 Opening Remarks from the Chair - Petra Biberbach, Biberbach Consultacy

14:10 Plenary sessions

• Planning communities - RTPI Representative
• Innovations in housing, The LILAC Project Case Study – Dr Paul Chatterton, Professor of Urban Futures, The University of Leeds
• Understanding cohousing – Norrie McPhail, Cohousing Scotland
• Active Travel; Infrastructure, inclusion, innovation and investment - Richard Armstrong, Walking Communities and Environments Manager, Paths For All
• Innovative amenities - Karen Moore, Social Farms and Gardens
• Social housing case study
• What role can mid-market properties play in dealing with the housing crisis

16:20 Q&A

16:50 Closing Remarks from the Chair

17:00 Close

There are a limited number of Super Early Bird tickets available for this event for just £35 (reduced from a full rate of £60). These will be served on a first -come-first-served basis, so we recommend booking early if you don't want to miss out.

We hope you can make it.