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Day One - 21 February 2008
8.30am-
9.15am

Conference Opening

Indigenous Welcome to Country Response
Walter and Doolann-Leisha Eatts and the Wadumbah Dancers

Welcome
Mike Allen
Housing NSW

Dr Ian Winter
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute

Keynote address
Hon Jenny Macklin
Australian Government Minister for Family, Housing, Community Service and Undigenous Affairs

9.15am-
10.00am

Partnerships, Policies and People: Promoting Affordable Housing for Lower Income Households - Observations from the United States
Professor Rachel Bratt
[Presentation] [Paper

10.00am-
10.30am

A Right to Indigenous Housing and links to social determinants
Olga Havnen
[Presentation]

11.00am-
12.30pm

Housing Affordability
F: I Winter 

Access to Social Housing
F: P McKenzie

Housing Practitioners
F: T Acton 

Indigenous Housing
F: T Slockee 

A Sustainable Future
F: E Synnott 

Inter- governmental Partnerships
F: B Keneally 

 

Housing Affordability for Lower Income Australians
J Yates
[Presentation]

Social Housing Diversity and Integration
R Phillips
[Presentation]

Managing Demanding Behaviour. A Psychologist's Perspective
Dr S Morgan
[Presentation]

A Different Pathway for Indigenous Housing
R MacBeth
[Presentation]

PANEL

Implications of Environmental Sustainability for the Housing Sector
A Capon

D Dearing

P Vevers

S Thompson 

The NSW Housing and Human Services Accord Framework
M Allen
[Presentation]

Experiencing Housing Affordability
T Burke
[Presentation]

No Wrong Door and No Revolving Door
H Fulcher
[Presentation]

Flexible Housing Design for Indigenous Communities
G Lee
[Presentation]

Young People Leaving Out-of- Home Care in the Hunter
G Richter
[Presentation]

Video summary
P Phibbs
[Video]

One Social Housing System
P Gillespie
[Presentation]

Demanding Behaviour: Developing Strategies for the Effective Management of Problematic Households
R Atkinson
[Presentation]

Sector Strengthening - Towards Sustainability in Aboriginal Community Housing
R Taylor
[Paper]
[Presentation]

Dillwynia Female Ex-Prisoners Trial
S Martin

K Williams
[Presentation]

Discussant
The Hon Jay Weatherill MP

Community Well Being
K Incerti
[Presentation]

1.30pm-
3.00pm

Private Rental Incentives
F: J Lawson 

Renewing Communities
F: D Georgiou 

Homelessness

F: S Cripps 

Housing and Employment
F: K Downie 

Private Sector Investment in Social and Affordable Housing
F: P Phibbs 

Life Matters
F: G Sheehan 


Motivations of Investors in the Private Rental Market
T Seelig
[Presentation]

Overview and Critical Success Factors
M Nicholls
[Presentation]

The Effectiveness and Cost- Effectiveness of Homelessness Prevention and Assistance Programs
P Flatau
[Presentation]

Housing Assistance and Economic Participation
G Wood
[Presentation]

Institutional Investment Opportunities
R Pritchard
[Presentation]

Child Support and Housing Outcomes
K Natalier
[Presentation]

Private Rental Financing - the Canadian experience
S Pomeroy
[Presentation]

Beyond the Exit Strategy
H Klein
[Presentation ]

More Heads are Better than One
H Holst
[Presentation]

Making it Happen
D Cant

The Implications of Loss of a Partner for Housing Outcomes
M Dockery
[Presentation]

PANEL

Encouraging the Implementation of Affordable Private Rental in Australia
T. Seelig

S. Pomeroy

R Bratt

J Disney

C Hamilton 

PANEL

B Jamison

H Klein

M Perkins

K Bone

T Wilson

Collaborative Partnerships for Homelessness Early Intervention
D Spanner
[Presentation]

Home Life, Housing and Work Decisions K Hulse
[Presentation]

Older Australians at a Glance
D Wilson
[Presentation]

From Youth to Adult Homelessness
C Chamberlain
[Presentation]

3.30pm-
5.15pm

Affordable Housing
F: R Richardson

Understanding Housing Need
F: J Neylan 

Cross Government Collaboration in Affordable Housing Policy
F: J Norman 

Housing Careers
F: S O'Neill 

Networking Workshop

Industry Partnerships
F: V Milligan 

 


International Practice in Planning for Affordable Housing
N Gurran
[Presentation]

Public Rental Housing in Australia in 2007
K Mallen
[Presentation]

Approaches in NSW, Victoria and South Australia
H O'Loughlin
[Presentation]

P Fagan- Schmidt
[Presentation]

O Redshaw
[Presentation]

21st Century Housing Careers
A Beer
[Presentation]

 

A Developer's Perspective
H Macdonald
[Presentation]

The Provision of Affordable Housing in the UK
S Rowley
[Presentation]

The Distributional Effect of Commonwealth Rent Assistance
H Wang
[Presentation]

Your Years - My Disability
J Connellan
[Presentation]

Bonnyrigg Living Communities. From Concept to Contract
P Gilbertson
[Presentation]

Waverley Council's Affordable Housing Program (WAHP)
G Bramis
[Presentation]

Rethinking Housing Submarkets
T Burke
[Presentation]

The NGO Perspective
K Horsham
[Presentation]

The Housing Careers of Indigenous Urban Households
C Birdsall- Jones
[Presentation]

PANEL

Practical Partnership Challenges
P Gilbertson

M Page

N Saad

A Bray 

Methodology to Estimate Small Area Housing Assistance Needs
N Hall
[Presentation]

PANEL

 

Discussant:
Michael Lennon
[Presentation]

7.00pm

Conference Dinner

 
Day Two - 22 February 2008
9.00am-
9.40am
The Many Meanings of 'Home'
Hugh Mackay
9.40am-
10.30am
CEOs Response and Perspectives
M Allen - R Taylor - N MacDonald - J Coles - P Smith - G Leeper - F Chamberlain - M Crawford   
F: O Donald
11.00am-
12.30pm

Models for Affordable Home Ownership
F: B Randolph 

Community Engagement
F: H Bisset

Ageing in Place
F: D Brill

Housing and Health
F: J Carter

Partnering for Environemntal Outcomes
F: P Vevers

Non Government Organisations
F: R Phillips
[Audio]

 

Innovative Financing for Home Ownership
S Pinnegar
[Presentation]

Local Community Engagement
K Hulse
[Presentation]

The Costs and Benefits of Using Private Housing as the 'Home Base' for Care for Older People
P Phibbs
[Presentation] 

Overview & Summary of HASI including Evaluation
M Reader
[Presentation]

K Fisher
[Presentation]

BedZED: UK Eco Community Partnership
K Marsland
[Presentation]

The UK & European Experience
D Mullins
[Presentation]
[Audio]

Exploring Shared Equity
R Guinery
[Presentation]

Kensington Redevelopment
G Housakos
[Presentation]

Housing for Older People is a Health Care Issue
J Fiedler
[Presentation]

Partnerships to Increase Indigenous Participation in HASI
R Chapman
[Presentation]

Blacktown Solar City
M Singer
[Presentation]

A New Model for Affordable Home Ownership
G Peel
[Presentation]

Bonnyrigg Living Communities
B Coates
[Presentation]
[Paper]

The Ocean Street Project
B Squires
[Presentation]

Managing Multiple Partners in a Community Housing Context
N Sable
[Presentation]

Energy Matters - Energy Efficiency within Disadvantaged Communities
D Bailey
[Presentation]

Australian Perspectives
V Milligan
[Presentation]
[Audio]

1.30pm-
3.00pm

Community Housing
F: A Larkin

Sustainable Assets
F: R Johnstone

Housing Practitioners Workshop
F: J Ferguson

Housing Wealth
F: I Winter

Local Responces and Support
F: M Gibson

Planning for Housing Supply
F: S Holliday

Co-operative Housing
F: J Mant

Regulation and Supply...
A Hardy
[Presentation]

Long-Term Asset Planning
R Jameson
[Presentation]

PANEL

Implications of Targeting for Housing Professionals
R Phillips
[Presentation]

L Draffen
[Presentation]

L Esdaile
[Presentation]

A European Perspective
J Doling
[Presentation]

Thinking Outside the Square
J Nicolades
[Presentation] 

A NSW Perspective: the Metropolitan Strategy
S Haddad 

Balancing on a 3 Sided See Saw
J McInerney
[Presentation]

Regulation - Issues and Challenges for NSW
M Boland
[Presentation]

A Lifecycle Approach to Asset Management
J Gregory
[Presentation]

Providing Housing for People with Disabilities
C Glennen
[Presentation]

Industry Perspectives
K Morrison
[Presentation]

The Role and Evolution of Co-operative Housing in Canada
S Pomeroy
[Presentation]

NGO Perspective
A Farrar
[Presentation]

Social Housing - Making Sustainable Decisions at the Planning Stage
B Nicholls
[Presentation]

An Australian Economist's Perspective
S Eslake
[Presentation]

Housing the Elderly Homeless - Whose Responsibility?
B Lipmann
[Presentation]

The ACT Approach
D Dawes
[Presentation]

Getting More for Less: Common Equity Rental Co-Operatives
J Smith
[Presentation]

3.30pm-
5.00pm

Housing Policy Futures
F: Jenny Brockie
J Harmer - J Disney - A Pisarski - R Fehring - M Lennon 

5.00pm

Conference Close 

 

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