The Future of Supported Exempt Accommodation in Birmingham and Beyond

This event will be held shortly after the upcoming BBC Panorama programme on Exempt Accommodation, this timely event will bring together experts and interested parties to discuss the local and national situation with regard to Supported Exempt Accommodation, as well as the forthcoming new regulatory framework.

Speakers include (in alphabetical order):

• Dominic Bradley (Lench's Trust)
• Adrian Chowns (Head of Safer Housing and Communities at Coventry City Council and Chair of the Private Housing Officers Group)
• Preet Gill MP
• Jane Haynes (Birmingham Mail)
• Ashley Horsey (Commonweal Housing)
• Eddie Hughes (Former Minister for Rough Sleeping & Housing)
• Zena Lynch (University of Birmingham)
• Sir David Pearson (HM Government's Supported Housing Advisory Panel)
• Ben Ridley-Johnson (Crisis)
• Halima Sacranie (Centre for the New Midlands)
• Neelam Sunder (West Midlands Combined Authority Head of Designing out Homelessness)
• Ken Wood (Councillor for Walmley & Minworth and Chair of Birmingham City Council's Homes Overview and Scrutiny Committee)

The event is open to anyone with an interest in Supported Exempt Accommodation in Birmingham or more widely.

There are only a limited number of places available due to room capacity constraints. Therefore, to ensure a mixed audience, places will be not be distributed on a first-come-first-served basis. Your attendance will not be guaranteed until you have received a confirmatory email from Stephen Holden Bates. If you would like to attend, please fill in the event registration form and Stephen will be in touch.