Housing2030 online workshop

Housing 2030 online workshop

Shaping investment pathways to deliver affordable housing

on 14 April 2021! 10 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. (CET)

The workshop is being organized by the #Housing2030 Initiative partners – the Housing Europe, UNECE and UN-Habitat – in partnership with the Housing Agency of Ireland. This fourth and final thematic workshop “Shaping investment pathways to deliver affordable housing” will address the topic of housing finance. 

In association with the Housing Agency of Ireland

All time slots are Irish Standard Time (IST) / Central European Summer Time -1 (CEST-1)

 

09:00-09:05 

Welcome & Digital Housekeeping

 

09:05-09:15 

Opening address

 

Darragh O’Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Government & Heritage, Ireland

 

09:15-09:30 

#Housing2030 Partners Contribution on Financing for Affordable Housing

 

Doris Andoni

Chair of the UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management

 

Bent Madsen

President of Housing Europe

 

Christophe Lalande

Housing Lead Specialist – Land, Housing and Shelter Section, UN-Habitat

 

09:30-09:50 

Keynote Address

 

Josh Ryan-Collins

Senior Research Fellow at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

 

09:50-10:10 

The ‘affordable housing finance’ toolkit

 

Michelle Norris

School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice at University College Dublin

 

10:10-10:50 

Q&A Session

moderated by David Orr #Housing2030 Co-Chair

 

The speakers on this panel have recorded three podcasts under the title ‘Shaping investment pathways to deliver affordable housing’. Attendees are encouraged to listen to these interventions in advance of the webinar, as this session will be a Q&A only. The podcasts will soon be accessible, HERE

 

Michelle Norris

School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice at University College Dublin

 

Manuel Aalbers

KU Leuven School of Geography & Tourism

 

Grzegorz Gajda

European Investment Bank

 

10:50-11:00 

Virtual coffee break

 

11:00-11:40 

“How can we use finance and related regulations and institutions to improve affordable housing outcomes?” 

moderated by Elena Szolgayova, #Housing2030 Co-Chair

 

Representatives of national and local governments, social and affordable housing providers and policy experts will share their experiences with innovative policies which have succeeded in generating funding for the delivery of affordable housing options. 

 

Barry O’Leary

Housing Finance Agency of Ireland

 

Emmanuelle Cosse

l’Union sociale pour l’habitat (USH)

 

Solveig Råberg Tingey

The Danish Federation of Non-Profit Housing Providers (BL)

 

Javier Burón Cuadrado

Housing Division – Barcelona City Council

 

Jarosław Pucek

National Property Agency of Poland (KZN) 

 

11:40-11:45 

Summary of the day’s discussions

 

Elena Szolgayova

#Housing2030 Co-Chair

 

David Orr

#Housing2030 Co-Chair

 

11:45 

Adjourn 

The draft programme and registration information are available at 

THE EVENT IS ACCOMPANIED BY A PODCAST SERIES “MAKING A HOUSE A HOME”.

YOU  MAY LISTEN TO THE PODCAST AT https://anchor.fm/housing-europe/?utm_source=mdirector[UNECE]&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HLMannouncement