• Understanding of the origins of social housing
• The changing purposes and aims of social housing
• Awareness key recent changes and their impact on the different functions within
• housing organisations, ie, finance, development, maintenance and management
• Understanding social housing’s relationship with other agencies, ie regulators, central
• government, police, social services etc
• Greater awareness of the work and structure of different types of social landlord

Who should attend?
Staff who are new to social housing, or are from partner organisations or outside bodies who need an insight into the work of social landlords.

Workshop content

Overview: the models covering private/public/social housing and range of housing 
Where does social housing fit? Visions, missions
Origins of social housing. 
Internal relationships: the role of different departments
External partners and stakeholders: ODPM, Housing Corporation, Ombudsmen, Audit Commission
Case studies
Contracts, rights & responsibilities. Recent changes & their effects
Key changes: best value, equality, diversity, innovations. niche markets
Questions and discussion, summing up, evaluation