STREAM 1: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY

BUILD TO RENT MARKET

10:55

PANEL DISCUSSION: The potential of the build-to-rent concept for Ireland

Build to Rent describes the practice of delivering purpose-built residential rental accommodation and associated amenity space that is designed with the sole purpose of being used as long-term rental accommodation and professionally owned and managed by an institutional landlord. The sector has become increasingly attractive to investors, developers and funders alike and considering the severe supply shortages inherent in Dublin and many other Irish cities, it is a sector that we are going to hear a lot more about in the Irish market over the next few years. Our panellists will discuss:

  • The impact on long and short term investment
  • The impact on communities
  • How purpose built rental properties meet the needs of affordable housing?
  • What can housebuilders and rental investors do by collaboration?
Derek O’Shea

Derek O’Shea

Head of Real Estate Development Finance, AIB

John O’Connor

John O’Connor

CE, Housing Agency

Pat Farrell

Pat Farrell

Chief Executive, Irish Institutional Property

Brian Moran

Brian Moran

Managing Director, Hines Ireland

11:30

UK CASE STUDY: The build to rent market in the UK

  • How Ireland can learn from the build to rent sector in the UK
  • Government support in the UK for BTR
  • Benefits for tenants
  • Planning for larger schemes
  • The shift on how we think about ‘a home’
  • The importance of design
Jackie Rhone

Jackie Rhone

Executive Director, Development Operations and Support, Greystar (US)

SUSTAINABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY

11:50

PANEL DISCUSSION: Private versus public sector delivery of social housing

  • Who’s paying for affordable housing?
  • Focusing on new supply social housing and other accommodation models
  • Accelerating delivery – current roadblocks
  • Planning developments you need to be up to speed on
Fiona Cormican

Fiona Cormican

Business Director, Clúid Housing

Dr Dáithí Downey

Dr Dáithí Downey

Head of Housing Policy, Research and Strategy, Dublin City Council

Eoin Ó Broin

Eoin Ó Broin

T.D, Sinn Féin and Writer

David Lawlor

David Lawlor

Director, O’Flynn Group

12:25

INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY ADDRESS: Social Housing: looking back, moving forward, embracing change to deliver the future

Mercy Housing is the leading national affordable housing nonprofit that serves tens of thousands of people with low incomes every day. Founded by the Catholic Sisters in 1981, and with operations in 41 US States, Mercy Housing has 28 years experience developing, preserving, managing, and financing affordable housing. Mercy Housing Management Group (MHMG) was established to provide property management services for Mercy Housing’s affordable housing communities. Today, MHMG manages over three hundred properties across the United States for multiple ownership groups with a wide variety of product, r egulatory and population types. MHMG is a proven leader for affordable housing property management.

Susan Sherfield

Susan Sherfield

Vice President – National Education & Employee Development, Mercy Housing, USA