Keeping Abreast of Changes in Housing Policy for HR/OD Specialists

an event to examine the Social Housing Policy Landscape and the Implications on the HR/OD service

Housing sectors are undergoing and having to manage significant change and transition in an environment of complexity and uncertainty. 

Recent changes in the funding regime for affordable housing, means that competition for resources will become even more competitive. In the future government policy is to create more homes from revenue rather than capital (using the higher rent levels to re-invest in new building) and for the sector to ‘sweat' their assets far more effectively than before. 

Housing sectors are also being faced by the impact in the changes to welfare benefits and the move towards rent levels being pegged at 80% of full local market rates (rather than typically of around 50%).

This all means that the environment within which social housing providers are operating is changing fundamentally and they are having a big stock take as to how they want to operate in the new financial and policy environment.

The role of HR in helping to drive this change in culture and delivery, whilst keeping employees motivated and performing, will be paramount.  In this context the HR teams need to keep fully abreast of the policy environment and in tune with the challenges being faced by their senior management teams and boards.

Learning Outcomes:

• An understanding of the current social housing policy and the impacts on the organisation
• The impacts of the new Affordable Housing Framework
• The perspective of partner organisations
• The implications for the HR/OD function
• How to become a stronger HR business partner - through stronger business acumen
• Strategies for driving culture change

Programme:

• The Landscape for Social Housing 2011
• Immediate Challenges for the Housing Sector
• The Affordable Housing Framework - an external perspective
• Understanding the mid to longer term strategic challenges facing the organisation
• Keeping abreast of changing housing policy and initiatives as it affects the HR/OD function
• Exploring delivery options including opportunities for collaboration

Who is it for:

This event is for HR/OD practitioners working in a local authority or housing association setting and who have a responsibility in supporting the business to lead and deliver organisational change in response to the new social housing agenda.

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