Funding roundtable: Housing LIN team up with Pozzoni Architecture

The Housing LIN teamed up with Pozzoni Architecture today for our joint roundtable and a highly informative session in Manchester exploring the ins and outs of funding specialist and supported housing.

Cochaired with Nigel Saunders, a director at Pozzoni, thanks to Homes England's Head of Affordable Housing Programmes and Projects, Miranda Foster, for presenting on their 10-year Social and Affordable Housing Programme (SAHP) and highlighting the levers at their disposal to engage with the sector, grant fund capital investment, pursue quality, value for money and social impact, integrate around healthy outcomes and de-risk opportunities for more affordable homes and market housing for older people and vulnerable adults.

Attendees also heard from Winckworth Sherwood Partner, Shazia Bashir, about her experiences of unlocking councils' strategic land, overcoming planning and viability constraints, and how SAHP can suppport favourable new development. 

Thanks also go to all the participants who contributed to a heated (positive) conversation and to Chris Ashton, CEO at Clancy Consulting, for conveniently hosting the roundtable opposite Housing 2026, and keeping everyone hydrated and refreshed as temperatures soared!