Tuesday 18th April 2023 at 3pm - In Person Event

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The APPG hosted an In Person/Hybrid meeting at Portcullis House on Tuesday, 6th December 2022, with Parliamentarians, guest speakers and observers in attendance.  

The session focussed on two newly published reports:

• Building Opportunity, published by IES and LWI, and commissioned by NHF, NFA, and CtW. Speaking to the report, Tony Wilson, Director of IES highlighted that it calls for a new plan on jobs, growth, and incomes which sees investment in specialist employment support for those who want to work, broaden access to employment services and strengthen local partnerships.  The full report and recommendations can be read here.

• From Net Zero to Housing Decency:  Housing Providers and Leveling Up at the Local Level.   Liam Gregson shared the work of the Northern Housing Consortium on the opportunity to bring tackling climate change and Levelling Up together and emphasised the role of housing providers in supporting thriving communities. For more information please read the Executive Summary and Full Report.

The Minutes of the meeting are shared below.

The APPG elected officials and discussed business for the year ahead.  The Minutes are shared below. 

Agenda

 Welcome and Introductions

1. Co-Chairs address
2. Business for the year ahead: 

• Green jobs, housing, and skills
• Digital skills and support
• UK Shared Prosperity Fund

A discussion with Lynsey Sweeney, Managing Director, Communities that Work (CtW), Secretariat to the APPG.

 4. Guest speaker perspectives:

Lucy Bannister, Policy Campaigns Manager, Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF)

• Welfare support and the role of social housing
• #KeeptheLifeline 2021 and JRF working with the APPG/CtW in 2022. 

5. AOB & Close

This meeting has taken place and the Minutes can be viewed here.  

This online event is supported jointly by the Co-Chairs and officials of the APPG for Housing and Social Mobility and the APPG for Housing in the North.   Communities that Work and the Northern Housing Consortium provide the secretariat to the APPGs. 

‘Green Jobs, Housing and Skills’ is our flagship joint event that reflects the APPGs’ shared interests in social housing, employment, and the green jobs agenda.   Lord Callanan will deliver the Keynote address and be joined by a broad range of Parliamentarians alongside expert panels from the Housing and Skills sectors. 

View the Agenda for the event here.

View the post-event briefing pack here.

The Annual General Meeting of the APPG on Housing and Social Mobility took place on 8th June 2021.  

The Keynote address was delivered by the Rt Hon Chris Pincher MP, Minister for Housing. 

The election of Parliamentary officials took place.  The Co-Chairs reviewed the year and the Secretariat provided by Communities that Work was confirmed.  Guest speakers from Clarion Futures described the commitment and role of social housing in social mobility, employment, and opportunity across communites.  

The Annual General Meeting of the APPG on Housing and Social Mobility, from 1.00-1.50pm.  

Minutes of the Meeting held on 27th January 2021.

Agenda: Welcome, Updates on APPG business, A report into Housing and Employment, Parliamentary Questions, AOB. 

The APPG on Housing and Social Mobility led a national Inquiry aimed at tackling the employment and earnings gap in social housing in 2020. Launched in March 2020, this inquiry concluded in September 2020.

Election of officers to the APPG, The Inquiry on Housing and Employment, role of Communities that Work.

The APPG on Housing and Social Mobility aims to champion social housing providers that support communities to secure sustainable livelihoods.  The APPG’s work will examine evidence led insights into the role that government, housing providers and stakeholders can play to best support social housing tenants and communities to access long-term, rewarding employment.