Why watch?

This session covers:

• Housing policy, including the extended right to buy proposals
• Regulatory developments, including changes to consumer regulation
• Employment and pensions
• Building and fire safety
• Procurement and progress with the Green Paper proposals
• Other key developments, including the Renters Reform Bill.

We've teamed up with our friends at the Zero Ambitions podcast to bring you another great discussion with Callum Chomczuk, national director for CIH Scotland and CIH chief executive Gavin Smart. .

In the first of this two-part episode, we have a fascinating conversation that covered a wide range of housing policies, including new builds, retrofits, the private rented sector and social housing.

CIH director of policy and external affairs James Prestwich sits down with CIH head of policy (England) Rachael Williamson, Alistair Smyth, director of external affairs and social investment at The Guinness Partnership and Charlotte Carpenter, executive director of growth and business development at Karbon Homes to discuss the big issues facing the new Prime Minister and Secretary of State for LUHC as they take office, with a particular focus on the cost of living crisis.

The cost of living crisis is having a huge effect across society, with social housing residents and tenants some of the hardest hit. We've produced a cost of living briefing series to provide a succinct, insightful summary of the latest research and statistics alongside resident voice and sector response.

This session will give you a realistic insight into mergers, exploring how they could help to reduce your cost-base to become financially viable but also share different sector perspectives. It will help you consider 'is a merger really the answer?'

Landlords typically gather plenty of resident feedback but don’t always know how to make the best use of it to drive service improvement. This masterclass focuses on the importance of using your resident feedback to make positive changes. 

Why watch?

• Listen to the speakers discuss the latest data on how the sector currently compares to the emerging Tenant Satisfaction Measures and what good looks like
• Understand key drivers for resident perception – where should you focus?
• Gain hints and tips on how to make the most of your feedback data
• Take away innovative examples of how landlords are using feedback to transform their business.

• Learn about the funding available
• Understand which retrofit measures can be funded
• Consider how to develop your bid.

The SHDF wave two bid window is expected to open in late August/early September 2022. Now is the time to get fully funded support from the Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator (SHRA) team.

In our first episode of the CIH podcast, host James Prestwich, CIH director of policy and external affairs is joined by national directors and policy leads from across the UK: Callum Chomczuk (CIH Scotland), Matthew Dicks (CIH Cymru), Justin Cartwright (CIH Northern Ireland) and Rachael Williamson (CIH head of policy). Chatting about some of the biggest challenges facing the housing sector right now, the group explores the levelling up agenda, why we still need more affordable homes, plus decarbonisation and retrofit.

Watch our special hustings event with your three CIH vice-presidential candidates to discover more about why they want to take up the position of vice president of the Chartered Institute of Housing.  

Chaired by former CIH president, Aileen Evans, this is your opportunity to hear members questions to the three candidates, listen to our debate and hear the views of our three candidates. 

Watch this recording to find out more before you cast your important vote!  

Funded by the Oak Foundation, the project is managed by the Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru and covers three main strands:

• Building the right homes to meet demand
• Making sure housing is always a priority for local government
• Demonstrating housing’s role in keeping people well and healthy.

Watch this event back with the CIH Eastern Group to discover best practices in this area and:

• Gain an understanding of some of the strategies currently available to achieve net zero
• Explore feedback from other housing providers on the difference these solutions have made to their homes
• Look at real-life examples of new build and retrofit developments as we strive for a greener future.