Cost Rental: A new approach from Ireland at the International Social Housing Festival

The Housing Agency, in collaboration with Clúid Housing and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, will deliver a session on Ireland’s approach to Cost Rental at this year’s International Social Housing Festival in Helsinki. This is a hybrid event and can be accessed remotely.

The event will take place on 16th June 2022 @ 11am – 1.30pm (Ireland) / 1pm – 3.30pm (Finland). The line-up and registration information are available below.

Part 1: From Concept to Delivery – The Cost Rental journey

• Welcome and introduction – Roslyn Molloy, Head of Policy & Practice, The Housing Agency
• Ireland’s housing environment and policy context which supported the development of Cost Rental – Alan Smyth, Assistant Principal, Affordable Purchase and Cost Unit, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
• Operating Irish Cost Rental Scheme – Gwen Perry, Head of Affordable Housing, The Housing Agency

Part 2: The Irish Cost Rental model compared to International models – Panel Discussion

Moderated by Dara Turnbull, Research Coordinator, Housing Europe

Speakers:

• Gerlinde Gutheil-Knopp-Kirchwald, Austrian Federation of Limited Profit Housing Association
• Janna Naro, President of the Finnish Affordable Housing Companies’ Federation- Kova and CEO of Helsinki City Housing Company
• Soveig Raberg Tingey, Deputy CEO, BL-Danish Federation of non-profit housing providers
• Fiona Dunkin, Policy Manager, Clúid Housing

Part 3: Lessons from an Irish Housing Association providing new Cost Rental homes

• Lessons on delivering cost rental homes in Ireland to inform future delivery – James O’Halloran, Senior Supply Manager, Clúíd Housing
• The impact of living in Cost Rental Homes -Results from research with new residents on the impact of living in their new cost rental homes in Ireland – Fiona Dunkin, Policy Manager, Clúid Housing

Close – Roslyn Molloy, Head of Policy & Practice, The Housing Agency

To register to attend the event in Helsinki visit the International Social Housing Festival website: Homepage – ISHF (socialhousingfestival.eu). To register to attend the event online visit: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_J4HWewcjQVm-Nu8bQrFctw