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Conference 2000

The Scottish Community Ownership Housing Forum and the Confederation of Co-operative Housing present:

With the support of :

• International Co-operative Alliance Housing Committee
• United Kingdom Co-operative Council
• Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
• National Housing Federation
• Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations

Please email the CCH for booking information (info@cch.coop).

Introduction

The housing co-operative movement plays a major role in the provision of public sector housing in Scotland through housing co-operatives and other forms of tenant controlled housing. In England, although there is strong housing co-op movement, it is only a small part of housing provision. In Northern Ireland and Wales there is very little tenant control activity.

However, there could be significant opportunities developing for housing co-ops. Nick Raynsford, the UK Housing Minister, has indicated the development of housing co-ops as a plank in his housing strategy, and the forthcoming green paper on housing is eagerly awaited. The transfer of Local Authority stock has brought issues regarding ownership of community assets to the fore and fundamental questions are being asked about future housing strategies for the UK.

This international conference will investigate:

• the current situation for housing co-ops and tenant controlled housing in the UK
• what lessons can be learnt from the many successful tenant controlled organisations in Scotland
• what role the UK housing co-op movement should play in a changing housing environment
• the housing systems in other countries where tenant control plays a major role

The conference, organised by tenants and other representatives from the UK housing co-operative movement, will bring together tenants, housing staff who support tenant control, representatives from the wider co-operative movement, politicians and other housing policy makers to discuss key issues facing housing co-ops.

Sponsors

• UK Co-operative Council
• National Housing Federation
• CDS Co-operatives

Programme

Thursday 23rd March

West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative, Cambuslang

12pm	Registration & study tours around West Whitlawburn Housing Co-op
12.45	Buffet lunch
2.00	Welcome & introduction - Isabel Dunsmuir - Scottish Community Ownership Housing Forum
2.05	Government housing policy and tenant control Nick Raynsford MP, Minister for Housing and Planning Session chaired by Lord Graham of Edmonton, Chair of the United Kingdom Co-operative Council
3.00	Housing Co-operatives in the UK Phil Welsh, West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative, Glasgow Chris Dibbins, Warwick Housing Co-operative, Canterbury Terry Edis, Burrowes Street Tenant Management Co-operative, Walsall Session chaired by Nic Bliss, Confederation of Co-operative Housing
3.45	Tea/coffee
4.15	Will the millennium be co-operative? Bernard Thompson, Director, Irish Council for Social Housing David Orr, Director, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations Liz Potter, National Housing Federation Erskine Holmes, Director, Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations
	Registration at Normandy Hotel, Renfrew
8.00	Dinner, After dinner speaker - Gloria Seabrook, Chicago Housing Authority

Friday 24th March

Normandy Hotel, Renfrew

9.30	Housing Co-operatives across the world. Per Eggum Mauseth, Chief Executive Officer, NBBL, Norway. Alexandra Wilson, Chief Executive, Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada. Kirtee Shah, Director, Habitat International Coalition, Ahmedabad, India. Thomas Moeller, Director, Freie Scholle Housing Co-op, Bielefeld, Germany. Session chaired by Jens Heiser, President, ICA Housing Committee.
11.15	Tea/coffee
11.45	Workshops
1.00	Lunch
2.00	Study visits: Study visits to 3 housing co-ops and tenant controlled housing organizations in the Glasgow area
8.00	Dinner and Entertainment

Saturday 25th March

Normandy Hotel, Renfrew

9.30	The future of social housing. Sue Regan, IPPR. Robina Goodlad, Professor for Urban Studies, University of Glasgow. Richard Best, Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Professor Anne Power, London School of Economics.
11.30	Tea/coffee
12.00	Debate: "This house believes there is no future for landlords". Speakers for: Margaret Jones, Rainbow Housing Co-op, Milton Keynes; David Rodgers, CDS Co-operatives. Speakers against: Dilys Fletcher, Higginshaw Village Estate Management Board; Eamonn Boylan, Director of Housing for Manchester City Council.
1.00	Close of conference - Isabel Dunsmuir
1.05	Lunch

Workshops

1 Co-operation amongst co-operatives - the wider co-operative movement

Peter Couchman, Oxford, Swindon & Gloucester Co-operative Society
Bob Cannell, Chair ICOM
Martin Meteyard, CWS Scottish Co-op

2 The Right to Buy

Isabel Dunsmuir, West Whitlawburn Housing Co-op

3 Working together

Pramila Kaur, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
Philippa O-Neill, National Housing Federation

4 How do we do it? - Developing "ownership" co-ops

Carl Taylor - Redditch Co-operative Homes
David Rodgers - CDS Co-operatives, London
Chris Hull - Wilfrid Housing Co-op, London

5 The 5th Co-op principle - where do we get training and support?

Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
Ursula Barrington, Birmingham Co-operative Housing Services
Stephanie Miller, CDS Co-operatives

6 What do we need to do to get the message across?

Keith Pattenden, Auchterderran Housing Association
Charlie Baker, Confederation of Co-operative Housing

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