The Housing Hive

Next session: The Big Housing Round-Up: Challenges and Change Across the Sector

Panellists:

Paul Nicholson, Head of Business Development at London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Lauretta Rothery, Director of Communities at Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust
David Thorpe, Director of Property Investment at Vico Homes
Lord Gary Porter CBE, Strategic Adviser to Prodo, supporting engagement with local government and the transformation of resident engagement and service delivery across the UK social housing sector.

Topic: A sector-wide reflection on the key challenges, lessons, and priorities shaping social housing in 2026.

Where? Thursday 29th January @ 11am, Teams

2025 has been another defining year for the social housing sector. From regulatory changes and financial pressures to evolving resident expectations and the drive for digital transformation, housing providers have continued to adapt at pace.

Join senior leaders from across the UK’s social housing landscape for a candid discussion on the sector’s biggest challenges, lessons learned, and priorities for 2026. Our expert panel will reflect on the key developments of the past year, share insights from board-level decision making, and explore what’s next for housing associations as they balance resilience, innovation, and social purpose.

Whether you’re leading an organisation, shaping strategy, or delivering services on the ground, this session will provide valuable perspectives to help you navigate the year ahead.

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“I love that the Housing Hive gives me a chance to engage with other housing professionals, who I wouldn’t usually get to speak with. The success stories have been great, as have the ideas from across the sector!”

Justine Thompson, Lead Transformation Partner at Silva Homes

What is The Housing Hive?

Prodo has been working in the housing sector as a leading digital partner for over 16 of our 21 years and one of the main reasons we love the sector, is different association’s capacity to share best practice with each other.

Now more than ever, we’re seeing the community collaborate and rapidly evolve its response to the COVID-19 outbreak, breaking new boundaries across digital transformation and communication.

We wanted to play our part in this collaboration, so decided to bring together as many social housing professionals from across the country together in this very unusual time of change to support each other, share ideas of what’s worked and discuss what the new future may look like. And from that, The Housing Hive was born!

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