The significant requirement for new affordable housing requires funding, and institutional investors should be able to play a role in filling this funding gap. Yet reading the press it seems that private investment into affordable housing has not been uniformly well received. Why is this and how is it changing? This session will provide an introduction to the UK affordable housing sector; including how institutional investors can help housing associations achieve their goals, and how this can deliver a positive social impact. During this session we will hear short presentations on the affordable housing sector from three different perspectives; a housing association, investment manager, and social impact investor. Following that, our speakers will discuss common misconceptions, lessons learnt from investment so far, and how institutional investors can maximise their social impact.

Date:                  Tuesday, 15th October 2019 
Time:                  08:00 am  – 10:00 am 
Registration, Teas & Coffees: 08:00 - 08:30 am
Seminar Commences:             08:30 am
Venue:                 CBRE, St Martin’s Court, 10 Paternoster Row, London, EC4M 7HP

Chair:
David Inskip, Head of UK Strategy & Research, CBRE Global Investors

Speakers/Panellists:
Anna Sheil, Head of Origination, Big Society Capital
DJ Dhananjai, Fund Manager, CBRE Affordable Housing Fund, CBRE Global Investors
Stephen McGowan, Senior Advisor, Property Analytics, The Hyde Group

There will be teas and coffees available.