With the Building Safety Act now passed, it's really important that landlords begin preparing for the new regulatory regime and increased scrutiny on building safety.

This webinar provides you with an overview of what you need to do to prepare for the full implementation of the Building Safety Act by October 2023 to ensure you can meet its requirements, particularly in regards to the new, more stringent measures for high-rise buildings.

Listen back on this event to:

• Get first-hand insight into the thinking that has shaped the components included in the new standard
• Learn about the recent emphasis in the standard promoting the drive towards net-zero
• Explore practical aspects of implementation and the expectations of affordable housing providers.

The best performing boards understand that asking the right questions is key to achieving good governance and board effectiveness. The next session in our Building Better Boards series will explore the value of creating a constructive challenge culture within organisations. We’ll discover the benefits this can bring in building trust, creating new perspectives, improving information and idea sharing, strengthening decision making processes and identifying and mitigating risk.

The risk to children, young people and vulnerable adults of being exploited through cuckooing or county lines operations is being highlighted and reported more frequently. It causes real damage to individuals that have been targeted and the communities around them. Housing professionals have a crucial role in tackling serious and organised crime.

Watch this past event to hear from leaders across the planning, care and housing sectors about what they are doing to develop professional pathways and discuss the strategic steps we need to take to create a workforce development strategy for housing.

The event covers discussions such as:

• What does it look like in practice?
• What can landlords do to engage directly with the next generation of housing professionals?
• What leadership do we need to see from the Scottish Government and our skills agencies to re-assert housing as a career of choice and raise our profile? 

This masterclass will also provide ideas from practitioners and the opportunity to learn how they are gearing up to meet the challenge the Housing Ombudsman’s report set out. Following the Housing Ombudsman’s spotlight report on damp and mould, this masterclass with the Ombudsman will look at how landlords can get it right.

Recognising that there are many and varying root causes that lead to dampness and mould, this will:

• Explore the challenges for landlords in identifying and addressing them
• Discuss the role of taking a zero-tolerance approach
• Re-think engagement with residents to help to tackle it effectively

It will explore the report’s recommendations covering a wide range of topics for landlords to consider, including resolving skill gaps within organisations, simplifying the complaints process, and delivering on net-zero targets.

Join our anti-social behaviour (ASB) experts Janine Green, ASB consultant and trainer, and Chris Grose, head of housing advisory services, Capsticks, to explore the elements that help to create a genuinely excellent ASB service.

The session will explore some practical measures to improve services, tenant engagement and satisfaction to deliver the best outcomes for your local communities.

With the Renting Homes (Wales) Act due to be implemented on 15 July 2022, this is your opportunity to get to grips with crucial changes – from the legal aspects of occupation contracts, new procedures for abandonment and joint-contract holders to the operational side of preparing teams for the widespread changes. This masterclass has it all. 

With legal insight from the Welsh Government’s expert team supporting implementation, you’ll learn precisely how new legislation will look in practice and have a chance to discuss this with other colleagues across the sector.

Why watch?

• Provide you with up-to-date knowledge about the Renting Homes (Wales) Act, what it means in practice and how you and your organisation can best prepare for its implementation
• Set you and your teams up to prepare and respond positively, making the changes work for you and your organisation.

Who should watch?

• Housing association tenancy management staff
• Strategy and policy teams
• Legal and governance professionals
• Tenancy engagement staff
• Local authority housing teams
• Private landlords
• Environmental protection staff.

The Government has committed to providing an £8.6 billion funding package to build circa 120,000 new affordable homes in England as part of the £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) from 2021-to 2026. The task is tall for Homes England’s strategic partners to get spades on the grounds and create various residential options for people across the country.

Watch the event to:

• Gain insight into how working in partnership can help to deliver housing targets in the South West
• Discuss the key challenges, opportunities, times lines, partnerships and procurement.

We'll begin the event by exploring some of the main headlines and findings from across the year, taking a deep dive into homelessness, accessing homeownership, investment in affordable housing and changes in the benefits system.