Event details
Date
Time
9:30am to 4:00pm
Location
Skainos Centre / Online
Pricing
Voluntary and Community £110 - £135
Public and Statutory £110 - £135
Join us in our 60th anniversary year, for our annual Private Rented Sector Conference.
This year, we will discuss affordability and homelessness in the context of the private rented sector as well as solutions to the challenges facing the housing market as a whole.
We will be hearing about challenges and solutions from expert speakers from Northern Ireland and further afield. This will include reflections on our own situation as well as learning from across the UK, Ireland and Europe.
Jordan Buchanan, PropertyPal, will help us set the context of the current market before Anna Evans, Shelter Scotland, talks us through the learning from recent private rented sector reform in Scotland.
Juha Kaakinen, pioneer of the Housing First model, former CEO of the Y-Foundation and Housing Advisor to the Finnish Government will explain how Finland tackled its homelessness crisis and the role played by the private rented sector..
In the afternoon, Dr. Charlie Berry, Shelter England, will speak on affordability in the private rented sector and the impact freezes on Local Housing Allowance have had for renters across the UK.
There will be panel discussions with contributions from Experts by Experience, MLAs, housing experts and landlords.. Delegates will also have the opportunity to attend facilitated workshops.
Our conference will take a hybrid format. This will enable delegates to attend either in-person or virtually.
Price
Housing Rights members: £110
Non-members: £135
Discounted rates are available for group bookings. Contact Noeleen Lynn for information.
Bursaries
We recognise the important role that people in the private rented sector can play in shaping the sector and are keen to have their input into our conference. A limited number of bursaries are available thanks to our headline sponsor Tenancy Deposit Scheme Northern Ireland, Contact Noeleen Lynn for further information and to avail of a bursary.
Sponsors
We would like to thank our sponsors for enabling us to deliver this event:
Headline sponsor – Tenancy Deposit Scheme Northern Ireland
Workshop sponsor – Electrical Safety First
Conference programme available here.
Ticket sales for this event have now closed. If you are interested in attending please contact Noeleen Lynn.
What we will cover
- Overview of the current context of the PRS
- PRS reform in Scotland
- Finland's approach to tackling homelessness and the role played by the private rented sector
- Impact of LHA freezes on UK renters
- Affordabity in the PRS
- Cost rentals
- The future of the PRS
Who should attend?
- Private renters
- Landlords and service providers
- Political representatives
- Government officials & other policy makers
- Housing First providers
Speakers
- Chair, Professor Paddy Gray, OBE
- Juha Kaakinen, Housing Advisor to the Finnish Government and former CEO of the Y-Foundation
- Jordan Buchanan, PropertyPal
- Anna Evans, Shelter Scotland
- Dr Charlie Berry, Shelter England
- Dr Michael Byrne, University College Dublin
- Renters' Voice
- Connel McKenna, The Simon Community
- Julie Lavery, Department for Communities
- Eamonn Hunt, TDS Northern Ireland
- Maeve Cormican, Department for Communities
- Justin Cartwright, Chartered Institute of Housing Northern Ireland
- Richard Smyth, LANI
- Tom Dinnen, East Belfast Mission
- Aidan Byrne, East Belfast Mission
- Aisling Cunningham, Housing Rights
- Further speakers to be announced