Good governance and regulation to support affordability in housing
#Housing2030 | Online | 24th February 2021
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Housing 2030 is a joint international initiative of housing experts from over 56 governments through UNECE, UN Habitat and 43,000 affordable housing providers and neighbourhood developers represented by Housing Europe. It aims to improve the capacity of national and local governments to formulate policies that improve housing affordability and sustainability.
Watch the webinar
(CET / GMT+1)
10:00-10:05
Welcome & Digital Housekeeping
10:05-10:15
Putting housing at the heart of the social agenda
Katarina Ivanković Knežević
Director of DG for Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion
10:15-10:30
Keynote address
József Hegedüs
Managing Director at the Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest
10:30-10:50
The ‘Good Governance’ policy toolkit
Julie Lawson
#Housing2030 Lead Writer and Honorary Associate Professor at RMIT University
10:50-11:30
Q&A Session
moderated by David Orr, #Housing2030 Co-Chair
Julie Lawson
#Housing2030 Lead Writer and Honorary Associate Professor at RMIT University
Ken Gibb
Director of the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE)
Jarmo Linden
Director at the Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland (ARA)
The speakers on this panel have recorded three podcasts on the theme of ‘How good governance is the foundation for affordable housing outcomes’. Attendees are encouraged to listen to these interventions in advance of the webinar, as this session will be a Q&A only. Tune in.
11:30-11:40
Virtual coffee break
11:40-12:25
What are the buildings blocks of a system of governance and regulation that serves to promote affordability in housing
moderated by Elena Szolgayova, #Housing2030 Co-Chair
Representatives of national and local governments, social and affordable housing providers and policy experts will share their views on what makes for good governance of the housing sector, promoting affordability and inclusion.
Catherine Ryder
National Housing Federation of England
Guido Schwarzendahl
Bauverein Halle - Cooperative Housing Association
Neil Munslow
Newcastle City Council
Pedro Pinto de Jesus
GEBALIS Public Housing Company, Lisbon
Lucia Štasselová
Deputy Mayor of Bratislava
12:25-12:30
Summary of the day’s discussions
Elena Szolgayova
#Housing2030 Co-Chair
David Orr
#Housing2030 Co-Chair
12:30
Adjourn