May 2024,

London

Social Housing Finance Conference

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The leading one-day, UK-wide event for senior finance and treasury professionals

Brought to you by Social Housing, the Social Housing Finance Conference is respected as the longest-running one-day event for UK affordable housing finance, bringing together over 450 sector leaders and senior finance and treasury professionals from housing associations and local authorities to discuss the strategic, operational, and technical finance matters that matter most to you.

It's not possible to control the political and economic uncertainty in the sector but what we can do is come together as financial leaders of the sector to share practical learnings on how to overcome the challenges this difficult period presents in a collegiate environment.

At the Social Housing Finance Conference you can hear how your peers are tackling higher interest rates, changing valuations, increased demand for repairs and maintenance as well as continued demand for new, affordable housing.

Join us to leave with practical solutions on how your organisation can emerge from the economic mire in the best financial shape possible, and prepare for the economic and fiscal impacts of anticipated political change.

New for 2024!

Following the success of Inside Housing’s first Procurement Summit in 2023, and with forthcoming implementation of the Procurement Bill this year, we’ll host a dedicated housing procurement stream at the conference for the first time in 2024. Bring your senior procurement team along to collaborate with peers on best practice as well as attend holistic finance keynotes.

In a similar vein, our brand-new sustainable investing stream is suitable for those with a focus on ESG in their roles to take a deeper dive into topics such as how to shore up ESG data in a changing regulatory landscape.

The conference is a CPD accredited event

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Key topics include:

Creating stability in a year of change - macro-economic trends and political scenario planning

Managing reputational risk

Incorporating TSM and sustainability data into overall financial reporting

Attracting new financial and procurement talent - with the skills to manage in complexity

Elevating the status of housing providers as key partners to government

Reinforcing boards with new skills sets and agile governance structures

Supporting tenancy sustainment in practice

Key regulatory updates and their financial implications

Creating the conditions to generate optimum results from your procurement process

Collaborating on creative solutions for rent setting

Aligning your financial strategy with a strategic asset management approach to fund long-term preventative repair and retrofit

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Speakers for 2024 include:

Waqar Ahmed

Executive group director finance

L&Q

James Alexander

Chief executive

UKSIF

Michelle Baker

Customer influence committee chair and resident

Eastlight Community Homes

Caroline Barr

Sustainability regulation advisor

ABN Amro

Gemma Bell

Partner

Devonshires

Peter Benz

Chief financial officer

SNG

Clive Betts

Former chair

Committee for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC)

Eleanor Bowden

Senior associate

Pineapple Sustainable Partnerships

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Social Housing Finance Conference in numbers

50%+

Attending from Housing Associations

93%

Attendance from senior leaders in finance

70+

Visionary speakers

2019 conference highlights

Testimonials

John Andrew

Executive director, finance - Silva Homes

"Excellent format, combining bite-size insights into a number of key topics from a wide range of speakers. Apps for Q&A and in-conference polling were used effectively by the chair."

Rory Mulholland

Housing Agency

"The Social Housing Finance Conference provided a fantastic learning opportunity on how the leading social housing associations are financing themselves and how this impacts their organisation."

Jitinder Takhar

Executive management team - Local Space

"This is one of the best value for money conferences I have attended with every session providing a useful insight at the very least and some being unmissable."

Dubravka Kokot

Abbyfield

"All Chief Executives and Directors of Housing Associations should attend this Conference!"

Richard Petty

Head of UK living, JLL

"Social Housing Finance Conference is always a key date in the conference calendar. It brings together a varied range of insightful speakers, and covers all the topics most relevant to our work in the sector, combined with a great audience of delegates. We wouldn't miss it!"

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