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Draft Agenda

Day One | Thursday, 20 February 2025

8:30

Housekeeping

8:45

Welcome to Country

9:00

Chairperson’s Welcoming Address

Wendy Hayhurst, CEO, Community Housing Industry Association

HAFF Round One and Australia’s Housing Future

9:10

The role State and Territory Governments play in responding to the housing crisis

Inviting:

NSW Government

9:40

How is Housing Australia helping CHPs and developers deliver affordable homes?

Inviting:

Scott Langford, Chief Executive Officer, Housing Australia

10:10

What is the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council’s role, and what does it see as the critical factors to making progress?

Susan Lloyd Hurwitz, Chair, National Housing Supply and Affordability Council

10:40

Morning Tea

11:10

Keynote: Why a “Big” Vision for Affordable Housing is Mission Possible

Dr Richard Denniss, Executive Director, The Australia Institute

Supportive Housing

11:40

Designing supportive housing for young people

12:10

Panel: What is Housing First and how can we encourage its adoption?

Regional and Remote Housing

11:40

Revitalising regional NSW through meaningful partnerships

Dan Lincoln, Head of Development and Growth, Hume Community Housing


Megan Nugent, Director Commercial and Partnerships, Homes NSW

12:10

Panel: Stimulating investment in regional and remote affordable housing

Charles Northcote, Chief Executive Officer, BlueCHP

1:00

Lunch

Financing New Stock

2:00

The role of SPVs

2:30

What’s the role of Australia’s banks – Beyond NAB and Westpac

Governance and Risk

2:00

Managing risks in a complex legislative and regulatory environment

2:30

Panel: Holding your Board accountable

3:00

Interactive Roundtables

Roundtable A – Real deal or fad – understanding and capitalising on the prefab, modular, and tiny homes boom


Roundtable B - Identifying property management inefficiencies to save time and money via smart software


Roundtable C – Mitigating construction and project delivery risks through best practice contractor selection, contract development, and stakeholder engagement


Roundtable D –  Appealing to a new generation of renters through smart technology that reduces emissions and saves costs

4:00

Afternoon Tea

Regeneration

4:30

Delivering great homes in places people want to live

Danny Dracic, Chief Executive Officer, Community Housing Ltd.

4:55

Integrating Affordable Housing into Regeneration Projects

5:20

Chairperson's Closing Address

5:30

Networking Drinks and End of Day One

Day Two | Friday, 21 February 2025

8:50

Housekeeping

9:00

Chairperson's Welcoming Address

9:10

Federal Keynote

Inviting:

Australian Government

The Role of the States

9:40

State and Territory Government Panel: Our role in meeting the housing needs of lower income renters?

Rebecca Pinkstone, Chief Executive Officer, Homes NSW

10:20

Morning Tea

ESG, Sustainability, and Great Design

10:50

Panel: Building better to deliver affordable and sustainable homes for all Australians

Facilitator: Alison Scotland, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council

11:35

What is the future of ESG reporting?

12:00

Community Integration Case Study: Midtown Mac Park

Chris Bratchford, Executive Housing, Mission Australia Housing


Davina Lomas, General Manager Operations, Mission Australia Housing

Innovative Affordable Housing Models

10:50

Panel: Demonstrating how Community Land Trusts are a viable model for affordable housing in Australia

Louise Crabtree-Hayes, Professorial Research Fellow, Western Sydney University’s Institute for Culture and Society


Genevieve Murray, Lecturer in Architecture, University of Sydney


Kerry Pearse, Project Lead, Waterfall Way CLT

11:35

What's the role of smaller CHOs?

12:00

Exploring the Potential of Build-to-Rent-to-Buy Models

12:25

Lunch

The Power of Partnerships

1:25

Cultivating strong partnerships with State Government development agencies

Brian Motz, Chief Commercial Officer, Housing Choices Australia


James Henry, General Manager - Property Development, Housing Choices Australia

1:50

Leading one of Australia’s largest social housing renewal projects

2:15

Case Study: Developing large-scale mixed-tenure build-to-rent complexes through partnerships

2:40

Afternoon Tea

3:05

Case Study: How has the HAFF enabled affordable housing providers to partner together on a major project?

What Legacy Does the Housing Sector Want to Leave?

3:30

Panel: Hopes and Aspirations for the Sector in 20 Years

4:30

Chairperson's Closing Address

4:45

End of Conference

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