Asset teams are being asked to deliver more than ever, with Awaab's Law Phase 2 starting on 30 November, the Warm Homes Plan driving large-scale retrofit, and growing scrutiny of repairs, compliance, building safety and contractor performance.

HOMES UK 2026 brings together housing associations, local authorities, contractors, policymakers and sector leaders to share practical solutions to the sector's biggest asset management challenges. Whether you're improving stock condition data, planning investment programmes, delivering retrofit, strengthening compliance or driving better repairs performance, you'll gain insights from organisations leading the way, discover proven approaches and connect with peers tackling the same priorities across the sector.

Already registered for HOMES UK 2026:

Director of strategic assets & regeneration, Abri

Head of property investment, Anchor

Head of asset compliance, Amplius

Director of assets, Calico Homes

Head of asset strategy, Clarion Housing Group

Senior contracts surveyor, Fairhive

Director of assets and development, Gateway Housing Association

Maintenance project surveyor, Home Group
 

 

Property services, Hightown Housing Association

Head of asset strategy, L&Q

Asset and strategy officer, London Borough of Camden

Head of strategic asset management, London Borough of Hackney

Director of housing property services, London Borough of Islington

Head of strategic asset management delivery, Notting Hill Genesis

 

Head of asset optimisation, Peabody

Deputy head of strategic asset management, Royal Borough of Greenwich

Director of property services, Riverside

Director of property, Sanctuary Group

Securitisation and property data manager, Southern Housing

Building control surveyor, Westminster City Council

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Here are some sessions we think you’ll be interested in:

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  1. Keynote Theatre
    45 mins
    AI has the potential to fundamentally reshape how homes are built, managed and maintained, and how housing services are delivered. This keynote panel will explore where the biggest opportunities for h …
  2. Housing Performance & Asset Management Theatre
    45 mins
    This panel will bring together government and senior social housing leaders to explore what is being learned from delivery so far and what needs to happen next. How can landlords build strong, deliver …
  3. Procurement with Purpose Theatre
    45 mins
    The Building Safety Act has fundamentally changed how housing providers manage risk, accountability and resident safety. But compliance isn't just about technical expertise—it's about procuring the ri …
11:15
  1. Keynote Theatre
    45 mins
    Explore what it will take to turn investment in warmer, more efficient homes into lasting reductions in fuel poverty. How can housing providers identify and support the households most at risk, target …
  2. Residential Building Safety Theatre
    45 mins
    Person-centred fire risk assessments, or PEEPs as they are known in housing have been a statutory requirement for six months. This panel will provide practical insights from Housing providers about th …
  3. Procurement with Purpose Theatre
    45 mins
    Good investment decisions start with good data. As landlords face increasing regulatory pressures alongside competing investment priorities, understanding the true condition of housing stock has never …
  4. Housing Performance & Asset Management Theatre
    45 mins
    Every existing heat network in Great Britain must be registered with Ofgem by 26 January 2027. Registration asks for more than a list of networks. Operators need a named senior person responsible, det …
12:15
  1. Housing Performance & Asset Management Theatre
    30 mins
    Why overheating is such a significant health risk, particularly in urban and higher-density housing The tension between energy efficiency, airtightness, retrofit programmes and unintended overheating …
  2. Residential Building Safety Theatre
    45 mins
    Gaining access remains one of the biggest barriers to compliance work. Hear from the an experienced panel about how they are managing this challenge in their organisations: Incentives, communication s …
  3. Housing Data, Analytics, Digital & AI Theatre
    45 mins
    Many organisations have more dashboards, reports and data than ever before but is it helping? Hear how landlords are sorting through the data to consolidate the information held in different data syst …
  4. Procurement with Purpose Theatre
    45 mins
    Retrofit ambitions continue to grow, but many organisations are still grappling with fragmented delivery, funding complexities and supply chain capacity. As programmes move from pilots to large-scale …
13:15
  1. Keynote Theatre
    45 mins
    Improving the homes people already live in is one of the biggest long-term challenges facing the housing sector. Providers must tackle poor energy performance, reduce carbon emissions, respond to over …
  2. Housing Performance & Asset Management Theatre
    45 mins
    How are housing associations and local authorities adapting to the reality of delivery under Awaab's Law phase 2? This practical panel will explore what implementation looks like on the ground, where …
  3. Residential Building Safety Theatre
    45 mins
    Despite legislative reform, many residents still feel unheard. This knowledge sharing panel will focus on: What meaningful resident engagement actually looks like in practice Building transparency and …
14:15
  1. Housing Performance & Asset Management Theatre
    45 mins
    Climate change cannot be solved without nature, and nature cannot recover without addressing climate. Organisations such as housing developers are increasingly exposed to risks arising from biodiversi …
  2. Residential Building Safety Theatre
    45 mins
    Last year 356 e-bike fires were recorded, a 13-fold increase since 2021. This session will explore how providers are responding to this new and concerning fire risk, including:   The specific risks po …
  3. Procurement with Purpose Theatre
    45 mins
    With budgets under pressure and ageing housing stock creating increasing demand, many organisations are asking the same question: are we investing enough in prevention? This session explores how bette …
15:15
  1. Keynote Theatre
    45 mins
    Explore how housing providers are breaking down silos between asset management, repairs, housing management and development teams. How can insight from residents and frontline teams shape investment d …
  2. Housing Performance & Asset Management Theatre
    45 mins
    How can landlords break the cycle of repeat repairs and intervene before problems become more serious and expensive? This session will explore practical approaches to identifying recurring failures ac …
  3. Housing Data, Analytics, Digital & AI Theatre
    45 mins
    A showcase of practical AI applications already being used by repairs, asset management, housing management, customer service and development teams. This session will focus on specific workflows: tria …
10:15
  1. Keynote Theatre
    45 mins
    This panel will examine how organisations are creating the conditions to deliver more homes through both new development and the better use of existing housing assets. From planning reform, land and i …
  2. Housing Performance & Asset Management Theatre
    45 mins
    This session will explore how to get the best performance, quality and accountability from contractors and supply chains. Hear how others are setting clearer expectations around communication and resi …
  3. Residential Building Safety Theatre
    45 mins
    A practical session focusing on how other housing providers are managing structural uncertainty in buildings with incomplete historic records. The session will cover: Intrusive surveys, engineering as …
11:15
  1. Keynote Theatre
    30 mins
  2. Housing Performance & Asset Management Theatre
    45 mins
    This session will explore how to get the best performance, quality and accountability from contractors and supply chains. Hear how others are setting clearer expectations around communication and resi …
12:15
  1. Keynote Theatre
    45 mins
  2. Housing Performance & Asset Management Theatre
    45 mins
    The session will explore how the transition to net zero homes is moving from policy ambition to practical delivery. We will highlight the key requirements and combined implications of Truly Affordable …
  3. Housing Data, Analytics, Digital & AI Theatre
    45 mins
    This case study will highlight how Bridge Housing Solutions are matching people in need of accommodation in one borough, with a suitable, vacant home managed by a neighbouring local authority, alongsi …
13:15
  1. Keynote Theatre
    45 mins
    Housing providers are pursuing ambitious goals across new supply, regeneration, housing quality, building safety, repairs and decarbonisation – but trying to do everything at once risks spreading reso …
  2. Housing Performance & Asset Management Theatre
    45 mins
    What separates a successful heat pump programme from one that creates higher costs, poor performance and frustrated residents? Drawing on lessons from early delivery, this session will explore how lan …
  3. Procurement with Purpose Theatre
    45 mins
    Compliance failures rarely happen because nobody knows the rules or because of poor intentions. They happen in the gaps: poor workflow with missed handovers, a volume of work where transactions are de …
14:15
  1. Keynote Theatre
    45 mins
    Delivering the homes the UK needs will take more than just action from the housing sector. Increasing density in existing spaces requires careful planning and provision for the strain on existing reso …
  2. Housing Performance & Asset Management Theatre
    45 mins
    Social landlords are being asked to make homes healthier, safer and more climate-resilient on budgets that are already stretched. Too often retrofit investment follows the next regulatory deadline rat …
  3. Residential Building Safety Theatre
    45 mins
    This session will cover: The process of moving safety cases from compliance documents to operational management tools. What organisations are learning from early building assessment certificate submis …