The CIH Annual Conference and Housing Exhibition is the leading event for the UK housing sector.  The event brings the whole of the housing sector together – not for profit, local authority, private sector, commercial partners and suppliers – in one place to learn, improve and influence.

Delegates will have the chance to hear from more than 70 speakers taking part in over 50 sessions during the three main days of the event, which not only provide the best national platform for senior professionals to debate and influence the current strategic and policy landscape, but a great development and learning opportunity for ‘rising stars’, chairs, board members, councillors and tenant representatives as well.

Housing 2012 will be held at Manchester Central, the award-winning venue at the heart of Manchester’s thriving ‘convention quarter’. After 25 years in Harrogate and following extensive research among conference delegates, exhibitors and visitors, the move has been designed to take advantage of the state-of-the art venue facilities and better meet the needs of the thousands of housing professionals who attend each year by significantly reducing costs and time away from the office.

With Manchester’s great transport links, as well as more than 2,500 hotel rooms and a wide range of bars and restaurants within a 5 minute walk of the venue, the ‘convention quarter’ offers an intimate and convenient environment and makes it easier for all attendees attend the largest, most influential and best value housing meeting of the year.
“We’re really excited about Housing 2012. The great new venue in Manchester offers new opportunities and possibilities, and I’m confident that next year’s conference will be bigger and better than ever before. Over the past 12 months, the government has introduced significant change across all areas of policy – not just the housing sector. 2012 will see many of those new policies coming into force.

By June, as a sector we’ll be well on our way to tackling the challenges we face in implementing change, whilst managing the impact those changes have on our communities. I‘m looking forward to the whole housing sector joining up in Manchester so we can shape our future together, by engaging with those that matter, renewing our focus on learning and development, and finally by getting our message across through a lively and valuable debate with the Housing Minister.”