The Autumn Budget brought welcome news for development: an extra £1.5bn for the Social and Affordable Homes Programme, zero-rated VAT on land sold to registered providers from April 2027 and the £4.7bn Your First Home scheme. Now the focus turns to delivery.

At HOMES UK, you'll hear how housing associations, local authorities, developers and government are responding to the biggest opportunities and challenges shaping the sector. Whether you're accelerating affordable housing delivery, navigating planning reform, securing investment, unlocking stalled sites, strengthening partnerships or embedding sustainability and placemaking into new communities, you'll gain practical insights from those leading development across the UK. Discover real-world case studies, learn how organisations are turning policy ambition into homes on the ground, and connect with the people, projects and solutions that can help you deliver more homes, faster.

Already registered for HOMES UK 2026:

Land director, Barratt Redrow

Group affordable housing director, Bellway Homes

Director of regeneration & development, Hyde Group

Land & development director, Get Living

Director of delivery and aftercare, Legal & General Affordable Homes

 

Regional managing director, Lovell Partnerships

Head of growth & development, Peabody

Director of affordable housing, Places for People

Head of regeneration, Notting Hill Genesis

Development & partnerships director, Abri

Director of development, Sanctuary Housing

 

Director of land & partnerships, Thakeham

Strategic land director, Taylor Wimpey

Managing director, affordable homes, Vistry Group

Regional development director, Vistry Group

Group head of affordable housing, Avant Homes

Don’t miss meeting with the supply chain offering the latest solutions including:

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

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  1. New Homes and Places Theatre
    45 mins
    This session will explore how housing associations and local authorities are building deliverable pipelines, making strategic choices about where and how to invest, working differently with partners a …
11:15
  1. New Homes and Places Theatre
    45 mins
    What does it take to turn a stalled housing scheme back into a deliverable project? This session will explore the practical interventions that can unlock sites when viability, funding, planning, infra …
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. Keynote Theatre
    45 mins
    Shared ownership accounted for over 10% of new homes in 2024-25, but big questions are being raised about its feasibility as a model. Service charges, rising rents and building safety costs squeeze ow …
  3. New Homes and Places Theatre
    45 mins
    From new towns and major regeneration schemes to the renewal of existing neighbourhoods, housing providers have a vital role to play in creating places where people and communities can thrive. This se …
13:15
  1. New Homes and Places Theatre
    45 mins
    As the population ages, the need for a wider range of high-quality, affordable and attractive homes for later life is growing. How can councils, housing associations and the wider living sector plan f …
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. New Homes and Places Theatre
    45 mins
    Housing associations and local authorities need skilled, experienced teams to turn development and regeneration ambitions into successful projects. This practical session will explore how organisation …
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. New Homes and Places Theatre
    45 mins
    As people’s housing needs and choices change throughout their lives, how can social and affordable housing, Build to Rent and other housing models contribute to meeting demand and increasing supply? T …
  3. 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 …
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. New Homes and Places Theatre
    45 mins
    With councils facing unprecedented pressure from the cost and shortage of temporary accommodation, can development provide part of the answer? Drawing on emerging delivery models, this session will ex …
11:15
  1. Keynote Theatre
    30 mins
  2. New Homes and Places Theatre
    45 mins
    Partnership is easy to talk about, but much harder to sustain when costs rise, markets shift and difficult decisions need to be made. Drawing on a live partnership between the public, housing and priv …
  3. 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. New Homes and Places Theatre
    45 mins
    With 33 organisations named in the first wave of Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP) funding, the race is on to deliver high volume new social and affordable homes. Join senior leaders from t …
  2. Procurement with Purpose Theatre
    45 mins
    Procurement goes far beyond buying things for the lowest price. It is a powerful lever for social, economic, and environmental change. By using purchasing power wisely, organisations shape entire mark …
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. New Homes and Places Theatre
    45 mins
    The benefits of regeneration extend far beyond the number of new homes delivered, but complex schemes can be difficult to fund and make viable. This session will explore how to build a compelling busi …
  3. 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 …
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. New Homes and Places Theatre
    45 mins
    How can development decisions better reflect the diverse needs of the people who will live in our homes and places? This session will explore how accessibility and inclusion can be embedded from the e …