Workshops
Theme: Preparing for Tomorrow

Workshops to stimulate thinking and action to improve Aotearoa New Zealand's housing system and prepare for changes on the horizon. Participants will work together to explore tools and strategies to elevate the influence of community housing providers. Designed to support people and organisations to become active housing system citizens, working across communications, policy and senior leadership roles.

Designing a Transparent and Competitive Funding System that is Equitable for All Regions and Providers

Presenters: Chris Glaudel (CHA), Annie Wilson (Kāinga Maha) TBC

Description: This workshop will present examples of how social and affordable housing systems drive improved outcomes through procurement and funding practices. It will explore how those systems provide greater certainty for applicants whilst maintaining a competitive tension, fostering innovation and delivering transparency on funding decisions and amounts. Participants will then work in groups to define key funding application criteria and potential scoring approaches for Aotearoa New Zealand. Participants will also identify ways to support system learning and benchmarking to ensure innovation becomes standard practice and quality is assured.

Audience: For people involved in housing development, finance, management, policy and governance roles. Prior experience with funding applications helpful but not necessary.

Developing a Tenant Wellbeing Survey for Community Housing Providers

Presenters: Dr. Conal Smith

Description: Nearly two years on from its first workshop at the CHA 2024 conference, we revisit the progress of Dr Conal Smith’s wellbeing work with tenant survey questions and delivery. This workshop offers participants a look-back at how the survey has evolved, including the development of the question set, the digital hosting solution, and insights from early testing. The session will display CHA’s new survey‑hosting dashboard, with an opportunity for workshop participants to take part in a live demo and see how the data experience for future tenants works in practice. Workshop attendees will play an active role in shaping the future of the project by working together to consider what questions should be asked, what matters most to providers and tenants, and what kinds of analysis and reporting the sector needs from digital tools as we prepare for tomorrow.

Audience: For anyone interested in data, service improvement, digital tools, and wellbeing measures.

CHP Ownership or Leasing Pros and Cons

Presenters: Panelists TBC

Description: Build to own, build to lease, take homes from the market? Build new? This session explores the pros and cons of different tenures from a community housing perspective. Is there greater sovereignty associated with building and owning? How can we consciously as a sector remove as many homes from the ‘market’ and retain them permanently as affordable homes for our communities? What is our vision of our future for our sector and for our communities if we are to house all our people?

Audience: Community housing provider senior executives, governance members, investors/lenders and housing system advocates.

Looking After Your Assets - Climate Change, Resilience and Adaptation

Presenters: TBC

Description: Climate change is well underway and the impacts are visible across Aotearoa. What is our responsibility as community providers to the change and required adaptation? What is our vision as a sector for our homes and communities in this regard? What practices do we need to change?

Audience: Community housing provider senior executives, governance members, development staff, asset managers and those interested in adapting to climate change.

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