Innovative Housing Models Round Table - London

Event date

Presentation notes and slides

Draft Agenda

  • 10.00 Arrivals
  • 10.15 Introduction to the event: Background to the Ageing Grand Challenge, and the contribution housing can make to this - Charlotte Bright, Deputy Director, Department of Health and Social Care
  • 10.25 The role of housing in enabling health and wellbeing for all ages (link with the work on the Green Paper) - George Kenyon, Housing and Integration Policy Lead, Department of Health & Social Care
  • 10.35 Grand Designs: Highlights from Age Friendly Housing - Jeremy Porteus, Managing Director, Housing LIN
  • 10.45 Live Smart, Live Well - innovations in later life living (from a housing provider perspective) - Julia Ashley, Chief Executive, Central & Cecil
  • 10.55am Round table discussions. To address the following questions:
    • How can we rapidly boost supply of new intergenerational models of housing?
    • What would a four-generational housing look like, and do our current frameworks / standards capture this?
    • How can innovation help unlock better quality homes that are affordable?
    • Each group to suggest at least 3 concrete recommendations / ideas to support a roadmap for the future, to enable creative solutions to future housing needs, within the context of population ageing.
  • 11.40 Brief feedback session, sum up themes of the morning, and AOB - Clare Skidmore and Jeremy Porteus

Housing LIN will produce concise briefing following the event, summing up key conclusions, to be shared with all participants, and then published on the Housing LIN website, to support thinking with regard to the Industrial Strategy and Green Paper.

Purpose of this workshop

The Round Table will address the following themes:

  • Background on the Ageing Grand Challenge, the contribution housing can make to delivering on the mission
  • Discussion on the following themes:
    • How can we rapidly boost supply of new intergenerational models of housing?
    • What would a four generational house look like, and do our current framework/ standards capture this?
    • How can innovation help unlock better quality homes that are affordable?

A key objective would be for the workshop to give a clear view of what we think the next steps need to be to inspire and enable creative and innovative solutions to our country's future housing needs, within the context of population ageing.

Booking information

Please note that this is an invite only event and therefore booking is essential.

Please note that inital bookings will be provisional and you will be emailed nearer the date when your booking has been confirmed. This is to ensure a variety of organisations are represented at this intimate event.