Scottish Monitoring Group on Housing and Homelessness
... Watching the Executives
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Programme*
09:00
Registration
09:30
A Civic Welcome to Govan - Baillie John Flanagan
09:35
Opening remarks - Conference Chair
09:40
Fraternal Greetings from Defend Council Housing, FEANTSA and other organisations
09:45
Stock Transfer - Promises, Promises !
10:05
Tenants’ Legal Rights
10:25
Good Governance & Tenant Empowerment
10:45
Break
10:55
Workshops
11:55
Plenary session and questions
12:25
Lunch (not included, but excellent low cost lunches
13:45
Homes fit for Heroes?
14:05
Cost/Benefit - what does GHA do with our ££££?
14:25
An Expensive and Destructive Con? Tommy Sheridan MSP, Scottish Socialist Party - Chair Dr Bill
14:45
Break
14:55
Workshops 4,5,6 (see below)
15:55
Plenary session and questions
16:25
Closing remarks - Chairperson
16:35
Close
Workshops
1. Homelessness - Convener Gavin Corbett (Head of Campaigns at Shelter Scotland) and Andy Locke, Glasgow Housing Aid Centre). This will consider unmet need, the future for hostel dwellers, temporary accommodation and eviction policies.
2. Innovations in Construction & Energy Provision - Bob Marshall (housing construction specialist) & Neil Phillips (Energy Saving Centre). In the light of appalling fuel poverty in Glasgow, the workshop will consider current available technology and question GHA’s hostility to innovation. Is this symptomatic of stock transfers?
3. Small is Beautiful ... Community Housing Associations vs Big Business? Jimmy Black (housing journalist, former head of PR at SFHA & GHA). The case for small, tenant controlled housing associations - of which very few exist. Workshop will compare real housing associations with the property companies which result from large scale stock transfer.
4. Real Demand for Housing - Rapporteur Craig Binns (Unison). Attempts to reconcile conflicting predictions of demand.
5. Vulnerable Tenants - Leader, Maria Weir. This session will address issues with disabled tenants, others in need of support and also the housing aspirations of black and ethnic minorities.
6. Save our Homes ... Tenants Fight Back - Convener is Sean Clerkin, Campaign Against Stock Transfer, and the rapporteur is Iain McInnes. Explores tenant consultation/participation issues and case histories from various Glasgow estates.
* The programme is still evolving and there may be further changes to this page and the Speakers’ Biographies page.)