CIH 2010 offers a wide range of added value extras…

Open to all conference delegates, speakers and invited representatives from leading developers, the Meeting Place in Hall D (near to the main conference auditorium) is a relaxed, comfortable lounge offering free internet facilities, refreshments and bookable meeting rooms. A place for you to network, relax, read the newspaper, grab a coffee, catch up on your emails or hold a business meeting.

A great place for light refreshments in Hall A with the opportunity to talk to professionals who deliver practical community initiatives and solutions on the ground. Each day will feature case-study sessions highlighting some of the key lessons from a range of successful projects being run across the country. A full detailed programme of what is happening in the Community Initiatives Cafe can be downloaded here.

The Tenant Acton Zone offers an informative programme of fast moving sessions for tenants about the difference that the TSA - working with their landlord - will make to their lives and communities. A timetable of topics to be covered include supported housing, diversity, tenant involvement, customer insight and anti social behaviour can be downloaded here.

Providing a great place for refreshments and lunch for all delegates and visitors.

Prebook for one of these tenant focused discussion forums.  To book please download the attached form and return.  Tickets can also be booked on site at the Café Connect, but please note spaces are limited.

Meeting the housing needs of older and vulnerable people requires a joined up approach to deliver system efficiencies across housing, health and social care.

• Every £1 spent adapting 100,000 homes could save the NHS £69.37 over 10 years
• Every £1 spent improving 100,000 cold homes, could save the NHS £34.19 over 10 years
• Every £1 spent on preventative services by social services, could save the NHS in emergency bed days £1.20

Meet experts from the Department of Health and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services in the Linkway to make the connection between housing, health and care.

A pop in theatre for delegates with focused streams of policy, best practice and finance & asset management running on Tuesday afternoon, throughout Wednesday and on Thursday morning. Download the complete, detailed programme here.

Best Practice Stream

Showcasing practical, innovative projects that achieve positive outcomes for residents and help landlords demonstrate value for money in the services they provide. Sessions include ‘In-sourcing is the new out-sourcing’ – a new contractor/landlord partnership approach to achieving cost effective, high performing in-house repairs and maintenance services; and ‘Integrated housing and care’ – combining repairs and maintenance and domiciliary care to deliver a service that is more responsive to residents needs and makes better use of limited resources.

Policy Stream

The Joseph Rowntree sessions will address the key challenges we are facing: climate change and zero carbon housing, new migrations and the potential to build shared perspectives, housing supply and planning, and the role that housing providers can play in combating poverty and social exclusion.

Finance and Asset Management Stream

This year’s sessions will showcase a range of different ideas about the future of housing finance for Councils and RPs. Legal experts will look at a range of different options available in the current climate and provide suggestions to complex financing issues. Sessions include: Council Housing finance reform; the main issues arising from the Government Prospectus and its implications. Bond finance: the legal perspective and the pros and cons. Alternative forms of funding: including private placements, Islamic finance and quasi equity.