Why Councils Building Homes?
Since 2009, Airey Miller has hosted 15 events, bringing together scores of keynote speakers and hundreds of council development representatives. Councils Building Homes brings together subject matter experts and councils from across the country to share lessons learned from their housebuilding endeavours, including their challenges and success stories, assisting other councils to avoid, and overcome some of the common barriers to successful programme delivery.
We also, following our events, host workshops and follow up presentations to Councils on a variety of topics.
Going forward, some of these will be face to face events.
How we help "Councils Building Homes"
We deploy Airey Miller’s range of skillsets across the entire development process to become an “in-house out-sourced resource” to local authorities and their housing companies.
We provide capacity and capacity building, as required by our clients, helping them to properly scope, employ, manage and obtain value from the consultants and contractors.
We assist local authorities and their housing companies, in a time of skill shortage, establishing a programme to ensure they meet their housing requirements.
What is CBH?
Airey Miller founded Councils Building Homes in 2019, as the senior leadership team recognised the absence of support for local authorities, as they restructured to self-deliver their housing development programmes.
Councils Building Homes brings together subject matter experts and councils from across the country to share lessons learned from their housebuilding endeavours, including their challenges and success stories, assisting other councils to avoid and overcome some of the common barriers to successful programme delivery.
Airey Miller is a multi-discipline organisation, specialising in the delivery of affordable housing and regeneration projects, with a long and successful track record delivering professional services to public sector housing clients. A key to our success has been the formation of new services and innovation in our service delivery in response to the changing requirements of our public sector clients.
What people are saying
Barbara Brownlee, Chief Executive, Soha Housing Group
"The Councils Building Homes programme run by Airey Miller is a fantastic initiative which perfectly complements their client-side services. Airey Miller's understanding of the complex politics and finances involved in local authority housing delivery are second to none. Anyone involved in this business knows that relationships are paramount and the unique selling point for me is the way the programme effortlessly brings together the technical, financial, and humane aspects of running a local authority housing programme and really prioritises delivery of great sustainable housing. The shared experiences that come out around the debates are invaluable and better than any amount of formal learning in this area."
Rebecca Rees, Partner, Trowers & Hamlins
"I have very much enjoyed being involved in Airey Miller’s Councils Building Homes initiatives and sharing how public procurement need not be a barrier to delivering up safe and quality housing in numbers.
There are very few forums so attuned to the vast and varied in-depth matters affecting the UK Housing landscape and the significant role local authorities have in shaping them.
Airey Miller’s Councils Building Homes initiative is both laudable and informative.
It goes without saying that every local authority and others with significant interests in housing development will benefit from attending.
Well done to Airey Miller for the initiative!"
Supporting you beyond the Forum with workshops
As a follow up to the success of the CBH forums Airey Miller has been delivering tailored workshops both in person and virtually for local authority participants. These provide an opportunity for you to explore in more depth any of the round table discussions, or the keynote speeches most relevant and beneficial to you.
If you would like to arrange an in-person consultation with an Airey Miller consultant, please get in contact here.
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