Day One | Thursday, 20 February 2025
7:45
Registration Opens
8:30
Housekeeping
8:40
Welcome to Country
Uncle Allen Madden, Gadigal Elder
8:50
Chairperson’s Welcoming Address
Wendy Hayhurst, CEO, Community Housing Industry Association
HAFF Round One and Australia’s Housing Future
9:00
International Keynote: Reimagining Community Housing: A Vision for the Future as a Social Enterprise
Jon Turner, Chief Executive Officer, Link Group Scotland
9:25
How is Housing Australia helping CHPs and developers deliver affordable homes?
Scott Langford, Chief Executive Officer, Housing Australia
9:50
What is the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council’s role, and what does it see as the critical factors to making progress?
Michael Lennon, Member, National Housing Supply and Affordability Council
10:15
Morning Tea
10:45
Keynote: Why a “Big” Vision for Affordable Housing is Mission Possible
Dr Richard Denniss, Executive Director, The Australia Institute
Supportive Housing
11:15
Panel: Designing specialist housing for young people
Facilitator:
Shorna Moore, Head of Policy and Advocacy, Melbourne City Mission
and Coordinator, Home Time Campaign
Panellists:
Lisa Dalla-Zuanna, Executive Officer, Melbourne City Mission Housing
Tara Booth, Lived Experience Youth Advocate, Home Time Campaign
Tyler Adams, Lived Experience Youth Advocate, Home Time Campaign
Liz Cameron-Smith, Co-CEO, The Foyer Foundation
12:00
Panel: What is Housing First and how can we encourage its adoption?
Facilitator:
Kate Colvin, Chief Executive Officer, Homelessness Australia
Panellists:
Danielle McAllister, DDG Policy, Performance and First Nations, Department of Housing and Public Works
Leah Watkins, Senior Advisor Supportive Housing Impact and Advocacy, Housing Choices Australia
Tina Ugle, Managing Director, Noongar Mia Mia, Director, NATSIHA (National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing Association)
Regional and Remote Housing & Planning Reform
11:15
Revitalising regional NSW through meaningful partnerships
Dan Lincoln, Head of Development and Growth, Hume Community Housing
Megan Nugent, Director Commercial and Partnerships, Homes NSW
12:00
How can changes to planning regulations help deliver on the National Housing Accord Targets
Helen O'Loughlin, Founder & Director, Strategic Solutions Advisory
12:45
Lunch
Financing New Stock
1:45
Using SPVs to deliver social and affordable housing
Panellists:
Andrew Wise, Advisory, Polis Partners
Shaun Whittaker, Partner, Hall & Willcox
Low Cost Home Ownership
1:45
Low Cost Home ownership
Overview comparison of Aus and UK on the utilisation of different approaches in facilitating first home ownership
FHB assistance models operated in Scotland, with a particular focus on shared equity variants
The BtRtB model and its potential utility in enabling access to home ownership
Hal Pawson, Professor Housing Research and Policy, Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW
Jon Turner, Chief Executive Officer, Link Group Scotland
Nathan Dal Bon, Chief Executive Officer, Community Housing Canberra
2:30
Interactive Roundtables
Roundtable A – Get on board the modular Movement to build homes faster
Explore how you can use modular construction to deliver homes for your clients
Nicholas O'Neill, Managing Director, Moov Modular
Roundtable B – Introducing SIGMAH: a calculator for quantifying the social and economic benefits of affordable housing projects in Australia
Professor Andi Nygaard, Director Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology
Roundtable C – Driving efficiencies in property management through smart technologies
Daniel Tregurtha, New Business Sales Director – VIC, Detector Inspector
Roundtable D - SDA 2.0: Disrupting Disability Housing; Expanding, Innovating, and Exceeding Future Community Needs
Lauren Ivanyi, Director & Chief Relationships Officer, Disability Housing Solutions
David Esler, Director, Disability Housing Solutions
3:30
Afternoon Tea
Revitalising Housing
4:00
Delivering great homes in places people want to live
Danny Dracic, Chief Executive Officer, Community Housing Ltd.
4:30
What difference can a strong BTR sector make to Australia’s housing crisis?
Francesca Muskovic, National Policy Director, Property Council of Australia
5:10
Chairperson's Closing Address
5:15
Networking Drinks and End of Day One
Day Two | Friday, 21 February 2025
8:40
Housekeeping
8:50
Chairperson's Welcoming Address
Wendy Hayhurst, Chief Executive Officer, Community Housing Industry Association
The Role of Government
9:00
Federal Keynote
The Hon Clare O’Neil, Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness, Australian Government
9:25
Government Panel: Our role in meeting the housing needs of lower income renters?
Facilitator:
Mark Degotardi, Chief Executive Officer, CHIA NSW
Rebecca Pinkstone, Chief Executive Officer, Homes NSW
Nicholas Dowie, Assistant Secretary – Housing Strategy Branch, Department of Treasury
Sarah Amos, Deputy Director General, Social and Affordable Housing Growth, Department of Housing & Public Works Queensland
10:05
Keynote: Supercharging the community housing sector to address housing affordability
Adrian Harrington, NSW State Chair, Housing All Australians
10:30
Morning Tea
11:00
Fireside Chat: Community Housing – an independent’s perspective
Facilitator:
John Engeler, Chair, National Shelter
Senator David Pocock, Senator for ACT
ESG, Sustainability, and Great Design
11:30
Panel: Building better to deliver affordable and sustainable homes for all Australians
Facilitator:
Alison Scotland, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council
Panellists:
Davina Rooney, Chief Executive Officer, Green Building Council of Australia
Dr Gill Armstrong, Program Impacts Manager, Climateworks Centre
Jane Cassidy, National President, Australian Institute of Architects
12:20
What does local government need to enable the delivery of affordable housing?
Facilitator:
Amy Crawford, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Local Government Association (ALGA)
Panellists:
Amanda Robbins, Managing Director, Equity Economics & Development Partners
Tanya Taylor, Mayor, Willoughby City Council
1:00
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
11:30
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
Vivienne Milligan, Honorary Professor - City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
12:15
Panel: What's the role of smaller CHOs?
Facilitator:
Simon Moore, Managing Director, Moore Advisory
Panellists:
Evan Nunn, Chief Executive Officer, Accordwest
Aidan Lang, Chief Executive Officer, Access Community Housing
Lizz Bott, Chief Executive Officer, Jacaranda Housing
1:00
Defining Affordable Housing – impacts on practice, tenant outcomes and financial feasibility
Facilitator:
Gemma Pinnell, Principal, Right Lane Consulting
Humair Ahmad, Executive Director, Programs and Partnership, Homes NSW
Sarah Toohey, Chief Executive Officer, CHIA Victoria
1:30
Lunch
The Power of Partnerships
2:30
Cultivating strong partnerships with State Government development agencies
Brian Motz, Chief Commercial Officer, Housing Choices Australia
James Henry, Director of Property Development, Housing Choices Australia
3:00
What makes a good CHP partnership?
Leonie King, Chief Executive Officer, City West Housing
Andrew McAnulty, Chief Executive Officer, Link Wentworth
Paul Coe, Chief Executive Officer, Birribee Housing
3:30
Afternoon Tea
What Legacy Does the Housing Sector Want to Leave?
4:00
Panel: Hopes and Aspirations for the Sector in 10 Years
Facilitator:
Wendy Hayhurst, Chief Executive Officer, Community Housing Industry Association
Maree McKenzie, Chief Executive Officer, Homes North Community Housing
Liz Thomas, Managing Director, Common Equity Housing Limited (CEHL)
Rebecca Oelkers, Chief Executive Officer, BHC Creating Liveable Communities
4:40
Chairperson's Closing Address
Wendy Hayhurst, Chief Executive Officer, Community Housing Industry Association