Delivering safe, sustainable, and high-quality homes while managing costs and compliance is the ultimate challenge for housing professionals today. The Quality Homes 2026 conference is your gateway to practical strategies, emerging standards, and innovative approaches that help you future-proof your stock and investment plans.
Join us to explore how to balance decency, energy efficiency, and resident outcomes, get updates on regulatory developments including Decent Homes 2 and MEES, benchmark your asset management practices with peers, and hear how leading organisations are tackling long-term planning, data-driven decision making, and ethical disposal.
Explore the programme for Quality Homes 2026 below.
6:00pm
8:30am
Registration opens
Duration: 30 minutes
9:15am
Duration: 30 minutes
Location: Belmont 2&3
Chair:
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Bethan Buck
National Housing Federation
9:55am
Chair's opening remarks
Duration: 5 minutes
Location: Affinity 1
Chair:
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Paul Dolan
Riverside
10:00am
Duration: 30 minutes
Location: Affinity 1
Speakers:
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Kate Dodsworth
Regulator of Social Housing -
Suzanne Horsley
MTVH
Chair:
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Paul Dolan
Riverside
10:30am
Ministerial Address
Duration: 30 minutes
Location: Affinity 1
Speaker:
Samantha Dixon MBE MP
Minister for Building Safety, Fire and Democracy
11:00am
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Affinity 1
Speakers:
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Richard Blakeway
Housing Ombudsman Service -
Christine Blackett
Watford Community Housing Gateway Membership Team (resident) -
Jenny Spoor
Havebury Homes
Chair:
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Paul Dolan
Riverside
11:40am
Networking break and meet the exhibitors
Duration: 30 minutes
Location: Exhibition
12:10pm
Breakout sessions – please select one option
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Affinity 1
Speakers:
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Sam Asamoah
Redbridge Council and Peabody resident -
Lucy Hancock
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government -
Jas Sidhu
St Basils
Chair:
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Alistair Smyth
National Housing Federation
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Belmont 1
Speaker:
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Charlie Pugsley
Building Safety Regulator
Chair:
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Sarah-Jane Gay
National Housing Federation
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Belmont 2&3
Speakers:
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Ruth Dent
RE:GEN Group -
Tom Arey
Places for People -
Lynsey Sweeney
Communities that Work
Chair:
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Kate Atherton
National Housing Federation
12:50pm
Networking lunch and meet the exhibitors
Duration: 1 hour
Location: Exhibition
Location: Belmont 2&3
Speakers:
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Kate Atherton
National Housing Federation -
Sue Ramsden
National Housing Federation
Chair:
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Lizzie Hearn
National Housing Federation
1:50pm
Breakout sessions – please select one option
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Affinity 1
Speakers:
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Steve Sze
Lloyds Banking Group -
Jonathan Cowie
Plymouth Community Homes
Chair:
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Bethan Buck
National Housing Federation
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Belmont 2&3
Speakers:
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Kate Williams
Clarion -
Helen Perry
Clarion
Chair:
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Annie Owens
National Housing Federation
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Belmont 1
Speakers:
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Dr Kate Morland
Leeds Sustainability Institute -
Jade Lewis
Jade Advocacy -
Peter Akers
Gentoo
Chair:
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Jenny Danson
Healthy Homes Hub
2:40pm
Breakout sessions – please select one option
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Affinity 1
Speakers:
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Matt Bellamy
VIVID -
Sonji Nurse
Hexagon Housing Association
Chair:
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Lizzie Hearn
National Housing Federation
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Belmont 1
Speakers:
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Liz Blackwell
L&Q Group -
Gemma Brookes
Orbit -
Matthew Scott
Chartered Institute of Housing
Chair:
Charlotte Rogers
National Housing Federation
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Belmont 2&3
Speakers:
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Melissa O’Donnell
Golden Lane Housing (GLH) -
David Robinson
Riverside -
Rebecca Clarke
First Priority Housing
Chair:
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Kevin Garvey
National Housing Federation
3:20pm
Networking break and meet the exhibitors
Duration: 30 minutes
Location: Exhibition
3:50pm
Duration: 20 minutes
Location: Affinity 1
Speaker:
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Selvin Brown MBE
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)
Chair:
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Paul Dolan
Riverside
4:10pm
Duration: 40 minutes
Location: Affinity 1
Speakers:
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John Hughes
Ongo -
Alistair Smyth
National Housing Federation -
Karin Stockerl
Southern Housing
Chair:
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Paul Dolan
Riverside
4:50pm
Chair’s closing remarks and end of the conference
Location: Affinity 1
Chair:
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Paul Dolan
Riverside