Social Housing Seminar 2023
Sponsored by Falcon Insurance
What is the Social Housing Seminar?
If the answer is yes, then this event will be for you!
Learn about every aspect of social housing
Meet exhibitors who are involved in social housing
What To Expect During The Day Of Training
| Our MC for the day is Kul Mahay | |
| 9:30am – 10:15am | Registration & Networking |
| 10:20am – 10:30am | Welcome |
| 10:30am – 11:10am | Sue Sims – Why Consider Social Housing |
| 11:15am – 11:55am | Christine Janaway – Due Diligence |
| 12:00pm – 12:30pm | Pinder Singh Dhaliwal – How To Insure Your Social Housing Property Correctly |
| 12:35pm – 2:00pm | Lunch Break & Networking |
| 2:05pm – 2:45pm | R&R Properties – What a Social Housing Provider Does |
| 2:50pm – 3:30pm | Craig Beesley – Mortgages and Social Housing |
| 3:35pm – 4:15pm | Adam Lawrence – The Future of Social Housing |
| 4:15pm – 4:35pm | Tea/Coffee Break & Networking |
| 4:40pm – 5:10pm | Karla Wade – Social Housing From an Investor Viewpoint |
| 5:15pm – 5:45pm | Sue Sims – How You Can Find Social Housing Providers |
| 5:50pm – 6:00pm | Presentations |
| 6:00pm – 7:00pm | Informal Networking |
What You Will Learn From The Day
Between them the speakers will give you the nuts and bolts of everything you need to know to decide whether social housing is the business model for you, the landlord
- Craig Beesley of The Mortgage Consultancy will give a presentation about what you need to know to obtain a mortgage for social housing and why there is a such a small pool of lenders
- Pinder Singh Dhaliwal, the MD of Falcon Insurance talks about the importance of instructing your broker correctly, so that you have the correct insurance policy in place. DSS tenants are not the same as leasing your house to a social housing provider
- Christine Janaway shares her experience about the due diligence you need to do when choosing a provider to work with.
- Adam Lawrence speaks about the big picture and where he sees social housing going in the future.
- Racine Thomas and Rebecca Parke from R & R Property Services Ltd advise everyone how a reputable and ethical social housing provider works and how they support their clients
- Karla Wade will talk about how social housing has helped her business expand far more rapidly than she expected
- Sue Sims gives a run down on how she found social housing, why she started to diversify her portfolio into social housing and how the numbers work. She also shares her tips on how to find social housing providers in your area.
By listening to all of these presentations you will walk away with the nuts and bolts to be able to do the same in your investment area.
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Who’s Speaking?
Kul Mahay
Kul served for 32 years in the UK police service, of which two thirds were spent at leadership level. In his life as a police leader he has overseen complex and varied departments and commanded critical and major operational scenarios.
He speaks widely on the subject of leadership, EDI and culture. He is a regular contributor to tv, radio and newspaper. Just some of the media he has been featured in include:
- Channel 5
- BBC TV
- BBC radio
- Okay Magazine
- Telegraph
- The Sun
He has recently featured in two episodes of Judge Rinder’s Secrets of the Interrogation Room on the Crime and Investigations Room and was the creator of a police drama on BBC iPlayer called Granite Harbour. Kul also has his own weekly radio show, ‘Unlocking leadership’.
Kul is highly demand for keynote addresses and is the creator of one the most highly accredited public speaking programmes in the UK, ‘Create and Speak’.
Adam Lawrence
Adam’s property career started in earnest in 2011 and since then he has been involved in over 550 UK properties, from flats purchased for £23k to portfolios of 91 properties at a time, and everything in between. The goal has been to buy at good value, add value, and then refinance and hold on – there has been some development, and sale, along the way but 90% has been to retain.
Adam has shares in a number of trading business interests focused around property support services and is privileged to work with people who he considers to be amongst the top lettings agents in the country.
Within his group built around a joint-venture model, the balance sheet is approaching £50m in assets, with a loan-to-value under 60%. The central tenets are risk management and sustainable growth in a sector which is crying out for reform, efficiency, and ethical business people.
Sue Sims
30 years on and she now has more than 45 properties in and around Birmingham.
Sue, not only runs her portfolio, but she also mentors new investors, has her own lettings agency / HMO management agency Genie Homes (which runs out of her original shop) and is one of the co-founders Partners in Property network community in Birmingham, London, Manchester and Bristol.
Additionally, she has been instrumental in raising the profile of social housing and how it can be part of every investor’s portfolio. Sue’s own portfolio is 50% social housing properties and the rest is a mix of SA, BTL and HMOs.
Craig Beesley
He makes getting the right mortgage easy and many clients work with him due to him being an experienced, respected and fully qualified mortgage broker; having a wide range of residential mortgage products to offer.
Christine Janaway
She has overseen more than £2bn of property deals transacted. She has been Head of Property for two national Estate Agency chains and Partner in Charge of a 25 strong professional fee earning team for a national commercial consultancy.
Christine has acted as a consultant to plc’s, national charities and international businesses as well as individual investors.
Her current focus is on Social Housing projects including development, acquisition, funding and leasing.
Karla Wade
Pinder Singh Dhaliwal
Falcon Insurance
Having witnessed the challenges that Landlords face, Pinder recognised the need for tailored insurance options specifically designed for the social housing sector. Under his astute leadership, Falcon Insurance has emerged as a trusted provider of insurance services, offering comprehensive cover that protects businesses and Landlords and their valuable assets.
As part of his dedication to social housing, Pinder is proud to announce that Falcon Insurance will be sponsoring a highly anticipated social housing event. This event serves as a platform for professionals, organisations, and policymakers to come together, exchange ideas, and work towards sustainable solutions in the housing sector. Through this sponsorship, Pinder aims to contribute to the advancement of affordable housing initiatives and foster collaborations that have a lasting positive impact on communities.
Beyond his role as a business owner, Pinder is deeply invested in making a difference in the lives of others.
Racine Thomas and Rebecca Parke
R&R Property Services
Racine and Rebecca first met when they both worked at a law firm as paralegals in 2019. They found themselves discussing their experiences with homelessness and how working in Birmingham highlighted homelessness so much more. Passing through town to get to work on a daily basis became heartbreaking as it meant walking past several homeless people and feeling helpless to only be able to help them short term, when in reality, they wanted to help long term and change people’s lives.
Racine’s passion comes from becoming homeless at quite an early age herself and faced a lot of trials and tribulations that a lot of homeless people face today. Rebecca has experience of supporting people with mental health first hand and felt she wanted to give back to the community with the knowledge and experience she had gained personally.
The original plan was to acquire rent to rent HMO properties, let them out on a room by room basis and then make enough money to open some form of homeless aid. However, along their journey Rebecca and Racine came across the Supported Accommodation model and realised that this was the avenue for them.
R&R currently have seven HMOs, housing and supporting a total of 31 vulnerable adults to get to the next stage in their lives. They work very closely with an Registered Social Landlord which enables them to give the required support needed to each individual, to a very high standard.
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VIP Lunch Menu
Starters
Smooth chicken liver and mushroom pate. Served with a real ale chutney and hot garlic bread
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Baked flat cap mushrooms filled with sun blush tomatoes and roasted peppers topped with melted Monterey Jack cheddar (v)
Main Course
Breast of chicken with oyster mushrooms, button onions and a fresh herb cream sauce
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Tortellini ricotta served in a white wine and pesto sauce roasted pimentos and tomatoes accompanied by a green leaf salad
Desserts
Double chocolate teardrop with double cream and chocolate curls
LIVE Event Video Testimonials
Disclaimer and Cancellation Policy
- • Cancellations made 21 days or more in advance will receive 100% refund
- • Cancellations made between 20 days and 14 days of the event taking place incur a 50% fee
- • No refunds will be given for tickets cancelled within 14 days of the event taking place
- • Bar drinks to be purchased
- • Onsite car park (free when registering at reception)
- • Hotel rooms can be booked directly
