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For directors, heads of service and strategic leads in asset management, sustainability and housing strategy, this session explores what the healthy homes agenda means for investment priorities. Learn how evidence, resident insight and partnerships with health and energy services can support earlier intervention. 

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    This session brings together research, policy and fuel poverty expertise to explore what providers should be considering now. We’ll look at how evidence about properties and residents can inform priorities, where earlier intervention could make a difference and what effective partnerships require. 

    Part of HQN’s Policy into Practice series, helping busy housing professionals keep their knowledge current and consider what policy changes mean for their role and organisation. 

    Who you will hear from: 

    • Professor Phil Brown, Professor of Housing and Communities, University of Huddersfield, will chair and share lessons from the Healthy Housing Initiative, exploring how research, policy and practice can inform one another
    • Jade Lewis, Chair, Healthy Homes and Buildings Group, will provide a policy horizon scan, distinguishing what is agreed, proposed and being called for, and exploring the implications for landlords
    • Dr Danielle Butler, Head of Development, National Energy Action, will draw on research, lived experience and practical insights to explore cold homes, affordability and how providers and partners can intervene earlier.

    The closing discussion will bring these perspectives together: what can providers do now, who needs to be involved and what barriers need addressing? 

    What will be covered: 

    • A clearer picture of how the Warm Homes Plan and the government’s wider prevention agenda connect housing condition, energy affordability and health
    • How property condition, household insight and vulnerability information can support earlier identification, prioritisation and intervention
    • Where housing, public health and energy partners can work together to prevent harm, with a post-event briefing note setting out what has changed, what it means and next steps. 

    Why attend: 

    Healthy homes are becoming a cross-service issue, not simply an asset-management one. As housing condition, energy affordability, vulnerability and health become more closely connected in policy, landlords need to understand where responsibility, data and partnerships need to join up. 

    Who should attend? 

    Aimed primarily at managers, heads of service and strategic leads in social housing with responsibility for: 

    • Assets, repairs and maintenance 
    • Health and safety and compliance 
    • Housing strategy, policy and partnerships 
    • Sustainability, energy and retrofit 
    • Housing management, customer insight and vulnerability. 

    Also relevant to directors and senior leaders with oversight of these areas.

    Related HQN training  

    If you would like to purchase a group ticket for different members of your team to attend all of the Policy into practice sessions or would like to book multiple members of your team onto any of the individual sessions, please contact [email protected] and we will apply a group booking discount.

  • Our speakers

    Prof. Phil Brown, Professor of Housing and Communities, University of Huddersfield
    Phil is an interdisciplinary researcher with a background in psychology and a Chartered Psychologist of the British Psychological Society. Phil has held research grants from a range of funders including the ESRC, EPSRC, European Commission, UK Government departments and devolved administrations, local authorities, housing organisations, charities and private sector organisations.

    Phil is the academic lead of the University’s Healthy Housing Initiative (HHI). Their work broadly aims to understand and contribute to alleviating the housing and neighbourhood inequalities experienced by members of marginalised communities. Phil has research experience in fields as diverse as social inclusion, migration, homelessness, fuel poverty, energy efficiency and regeneration.

    Phil is routinely called upon by external bodies for expert input including the European Parliament, Council of Europe, Fundamental Rights Agency, major funders and government departments. They have had a number of external roles including as Specialist Advisor to the Parliamentary Women & Equalities Committee and have supported the UK All Party Parliamentary Groups on Migration and Gypsy, Travellers and Roma in relation to monitoring the impacts of Brexit. Between 2019 – 2021 Phil was Chair of the UKs Housing Studies Association. They currently sit on the Editorial Board of Thinkhouse.

    Dr Danielle Butler, Head of Development, National Energy Action 
    Danielle Butler is Head of Development at National Energy Action (NEA), leading the design and development of innovative programmes that tackle fuel poverty, improve housing quality and reduce health inequalities. She works with government, local authorities, health partners and communities to turn evidence and policy into practical solutions, securing investment and building partnerships that deliver lasting impact for vulnerable households across the UK.

    Jade Lewis, Chair, Healthy Homes + Buildings Group
    Jade Lewis is Chief Executive of Jade Advocacy. Jade is a high-profile advocate for a more energy-efficient, healthy and sustainable built environment. With extensive experience in policy and regulatory affairs, she has collaborated with the Government, Parliament and industry to tackle some of the biggest challenges in sustainable energy and construction. Witnessing the ups and downs of political interventions over the past decade, Jade understands the critical need to unite industry and policymakers to craft effective policies. Her dedication focuses on enhancing building performance to improve occupants’ wellbeing and reduce the environmental impact of our built environment.

    In addition to leading her consultancy, Jade chairs the Healthy Homes and Buildings Group, West Midlands Combined Authority Energy Capital Board and Board of Trustees of the National Energy Foundation. Jade also provides secretariat services for the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Healthy Homes and Buildings and British Energy Efficiency Federation. Her leadership and commitment are pivotal in driving forward a sustainable and healthier future for our built environments.

  • Programme

    9:30am Welcome and introductions 

    Prof. Phil Brown, Professor of Housing and Communities, University of Huddersfield (Chair)

    9:35am Healthy homes: connecting evidence, policy and practice

    Prof. Phil Brown, Professor of Housing and Communities, University of Huddersfield
    • Discover how the Healthy Housing Initiative brings together research, policy and practice to improve housing and health outcomes
    • Hear key lessons from the evidence and what they could mean for social housing providers and their residents
    • Explore how stronger partnerships between housing, health, research and policymakers can help turn frontline experience into better practice and better policy.

    9:50am The healthy homes agenda: what’s changing and what comes next

    Jade Lewis, Chair, Healthy Homes and Buildings Group
    • Get an overview of the healthy homes policy landscape, including the Warm Homes Plan and the wider ambition to prevent poor health
    • Hear what is agreed, what is proposed and what the Healthy Homes + Building Group and Healthy Homes and Buildings All-Party Parliamentary Group are calling for, with the key developments housing organisations should watch
    • Explore what this direction means for landlords’ priorities, investment and partnerships across housing, health and energy.

    10:10am Preventing harm in practice: what landlords can do now 

    Dr Danielle Butler, Head of Development, National Energy Action 
    • Hear how cold homes, energy costs and vulnerability affect residents, drawing on research, lived experience and NEA’s practical insights
    • Explore what providers can do now to identify households at risk, remove barriers to support and intervene earlier
    • Discover how partnerships with energy advice, health and community services can turn referrals into effective support.

    10:45am From insight to action: priorities, partnerships and barriers (Discussion)

    Chaired by: Prof. Phil Brown, Professor of Housing and Communities, University of Huddersfield
    Jade Lewis, Chair, Healthy Homes and Buildings Group
    Dr Danielle Butler, Head of Development, National Energy Action 
    • Bring your questions and explore which changes providers can make now, who needs to be involved and what government and partners need to enable
    • The discussion will draw together clear priorities to take back into your organisation.

    11:00am Close

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  • Price and booking

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Dates



24 November 2026
9:30am - 11:00am
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