STREAM 1: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
BUILD TO RENT MARKET
10:55
PANEL DISCUSSION: The potential of the build-to-rent concept for Ireland
Build to Rent describes the practice of delivering purpose-built residential rental accommodation and associated amenity space that is designed with the sole purpose of being used as long-term rental accommodation and professionally owned and managed by an institutional landlord. The sector has become increasingly attractive to investors, developers and funders alike and considering the severe supply shortages inherent in Dublin and many other Irish cities, it is a sector that we are going to hear a lot more about in the Irish market over the next few years. Our panellists will discuss:
- The impact on long and short term investment
- The impact on communities
- How purpose built rental properties meet the needs of affordable housing?
- What can housebuilders and rental investors do by collaboration?

Derek O’Shea
Head of Real Estate Development Finance, AIB

John O’Connor
CE, Housing Agency

Pat Farrell
Chief Executive, Irish Institutional Property

Brian Moran
Managing Director, Hines Ireland
11:30
UK CASE STUDY: The build to rent market in the UK
- How Ireland can learn from the build to rent sector in the UK
- Government support in the UK for BTR
- Benefits for tenants
- Planning for larger schemes
- The shift on how we think about ‘a home’
- The importance of design

Jackie Rhone
Executive Director, Development Operations and Support, Greystar (US)
SUSTAINABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY
11:50
PANEL DISCUSSION: Private versus public sector delivery of social housing
- Who’s paying for affordable housing?
- Focusing on new supply social housing and other accommodation models
- Accelerating delivery – current roadblocks
- Planning developments you need to be up to speed on

Fiona Cormican
Business Director, Clúid Housing

Dr Dáithí Downey
Head of Housing Policy, Research and Strategy, Dublin City Council

Eoin Ó Broin
T.D, Sinn Féin and Writer

David Lawlor
Director, O’Flynn Group
12:25
INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY ADDRESS: Social Housing: looking back, moving forward, embracing change to deliver the future
Mercy Housing is the leading national affordable housing nonprofit that serves tens of thousands of people with low incomes every day. Founded by the Catholic Sisters in 1981, and with operations in 41 US States, Mercy Housing has 28 years experience developing, preserving, managing, and financing affordable housing. Mercy Housing Management Group (MHMG) was established to provide property management services for Mercy Housing’s affordable housing communities. Today, MHMG manages over three hundred properties across the United States for multiple ownership groups with a wide variety of product, r egulatory and population types. MHMG is a proven leader for affordable housing property management.

Susan Sherfield
Vice President – National Education & Employee Development, Mercy Housing, USA