Gaps in stock condition data and noncompliance with the Decent Homes Standard have been some of the key reasons behind the first year’s C3 and C4 ratings.

Our masterclass will lead you through the issues associated with meeting and evidencing that you meet the Decent Homes Standard.

Mike Victory-Rowe, asset management expert and HQN Associate, will take delegates through the expectations of the Regulator of Social Housing on decency, exploring requirements around stock quality, asset data and intelligence as well as listening to what your tenants say about the quality of their home.

We’ll take a look at the future and examine:

• The implications of proposed changes such as mandatory electrical safety testing and a new minimum energy efficiency standard
• What a Decent Homes Standard 2 might include.

We’ll consider all the implications plus the different options and solutions.

Delegates will go away with a much better understanding of the questions you should be asking and addressing:

• The current requirements of the Decent Homes Standard
• Expectations from the RSH on quality stock condition survey data
• Proposals on new EPC metrics and minimum energy efficiency standards
• Proposals on electrical safety testing
• Proposals on Awaab’s Law – damp and mould
• HHSRS standards and the proposed changes
• Tenant satisfaction measures.

Mike Victory-Rowe, Consultant, HQN

Mike is a chartered building surveyor with 30 years’ property asset management and social housing experience. Mike has extensive experience in senior managerial and leadership roles in a customer-facing housing organisation across multiple service areas. As Assistant Director of Asset Management for Knightstone Housing (2007-2016), he had responsibility for the development and delivery of strategic asset management. Over the last 7 years, Mike has helped social housing landlords develop their strategic asset management thinking and produces asset management strategies and delivery plans.

Jess Shaw, Assets Manager, Cobalt Housing

Jess is currently Asset Manager (Data & Planning) at Cobalt Housing having worked for a number of social housing providers during the past 11 years. She is passionate about the quality of homes and services provided to customers and is keen to discuss best practice and share experience with others in the sector.

Ian Hancock, Executive Director of Property, Cobalt Housing

Ian trained as a building surveyor, and has worked in social housing for over 30 years, predominantly at associations in the South West and Midlands.

Ian has overall responsibility for repairs, asset management, building safety, corporate health and safety, facilities and sustainability at Cobalt Housing and his teams deal with everything relating to tenants’ homes, from repairs to investment works, gas and electrical safety checks to dealing with damp and mould, ground maintenance to communal cleaning.

Ian is also Cobalt’s nominated person responsible for health and safety compliance.

10:30am Welcome and introductions

10:35am How well do you know the quality of your homes?

• Mike Victory-Rowe, Consultant, HQN

11:35am Break 

11:50am Meeting the Decent Homes Standard 

• Jess Shaw, Assets Manager, Cobalt Housing

• Ian Hancock, Executive Director of Property, Cobalt Housing

12:20pm Questions and discussions

12:50pm Closing remarks

• Mike Victory-Rowe, Consultant, HQN

1:00pm Close

If you are unable to attend an event or public training course, please let us know in writing (email is fine) at least 48 hours before. Please email [email protected]

Otherwise, a cancellation fee of £60 plus VAT will be chargeable.

If you are using a package place to attend and do not inform us within the agreed time frame, then a place will be taken to cover your non-attendance.

Cancellations must be made in writing and will be acknowledged by HQN Limited.

Cancellations must be made in writing and will be acknowledged by HQN Limited. Delegates may be substituted at any time.