On back of record delivery by the AHB sector delivering 50% of new social homes over the last five years and leading the way in delivering the new tenure of cost rental, what does the future of AHB delivery and finance look like given changes being introduced through the government’s new housing delivery plan and the long term vision for the sector as set out in the 2025 Report of the Approved Housing Body Strategic Forum?
The conference will be a discussion of the key pillars of delivery and funding, with a focus on the social value delivered by the AHB sector and a practical exploration of delivery and accessing finance for AHB members in collaboration with the sector’s primary stakeholders.
Conference Outline
We’re finalising the progamme. But here’s what you can expect.
Conference Sessions
- Activating Supply – National Social and Affordable Housing Delivery
- Supporting People – Capturing Local and National Need Through Inclusive Housing Delivery Action Plans
- Regulation, Governance & Development Capacity – meeting the bar to deliver successfully and access funding
- The Rest is Finance – future sector funding Workshops: Attendee led/participatory with a small panel of expert contributors. key takeaways agreed by workshop end, with ICSH to collate into a sectoral action plan.
Workshops
Attendee led/participatory workshops with a small panel of expert contributors. ICSH to collate key takeaways into a sectoral action plan. Topics to include:
- Delivery of disability and housing for older people through CAS/CALF funding;
- Land for Social and Affordable Housing Development;
- How to retrofit through OSS and CEG;
- How to deliver and fund community building initiatives;
- Potential and Pitfalls – Shaping EOIs for Sector Delivery;
- AHB sector evolving through collaboration & mergers;
- How to Access EU Funding;
- Starting off your career in Housing Finance & Development
Programme to Follow
ICSH Finance Conference 2026, 21-22 October
Radisson Blu Hotel, Cork
Ditchley House – Little Island,
Little Island Business Park,
Cork, Ireland
T: +353 21 429 7000
E: info.cork@radissonblu.com
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