Housing 21 Conference

Housing 21’s annual conference will return on 9 October 2024. The theme for this year is Shaping the Future of Older People's Housing. 

The Housing 21 conference brings together speakers from across the housing sector, academia and policy makers, to discuss the pressing issues, developments and topics in the world of housing for older people.

Programme with timings and guests

9am: Registration and networking

9:45: Welcome

10.00 to 11:15am: Session one – The potential impact of a national housing strategy for older people.

• What difference could a national older people's housing strategy make?
• Replicating the national position. What should a local authority older people’s housing strategy look like?  
• What housing choices do older people make? The moving trends of older people 
• There’s more that unites us that divides us 
• What do older people know about their housing choices?  

11:30 to 12:45pm: Session two - Housing options for a non-homogenous group of older people   

• The potential choice of housing for older people – looking at the whole spectrum
• Housing for those who are precariously positioned - exposing the less desirable side of older people’s housing.  
• Do we hear the voice of older people?  
• Can we make older existing stock desirable? Reflections of the APPG inquiry into older sheltered stock 
• The options for home improvements  

12:45pm to 1:30pm: Lunch

1:30pm to 2:45pm: Session three- How should the next government tackle these challenges?   

• What could a comprehensive housing policy achieve? 

• What needs to change to make it happen?   

• What should the professionalisation of housing employees achieve?  

• How can local community engagement support diverse housing needs? 

• Shared Ownership 

2:45-3:15pm: Panel and close