Home: A Human Right

The 3rd annual public housing conference Maynooth University

Thursday April 22nd and Friday April 23rd 2021

Hosted by the Department of Applied Social Studies Maynooth, Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI), and the Reboot Republic Podcast.

The conference is a public conference, that involves academics, policy makers and advocates in the area of homelessness and housing.

Conference organiser; Rory Hearne, Department of Applied Social Studies Maynooth

Registration is now closed

If you have registered and are having issues connecting please email mussi@mu.ie The events will be streamed to our Facebook page where you can watch them live or on demand

In the event that the webinar is oversubscribed you will be redirected to the MUSSI Facebook page where the event will also be live streamed.
If you have any questions please contact mussi@mu.ie

Speakers include:

Professor Manuel Aalbers, Professor of Urban and Economic Geography at the University of Leuven and author of The Financialization of Housing.
Michaela Kauer, Director of the Brussels Liaison Office of the City of Vienna, Coordinator of the EU Urban Agenda Housing Partnership
Darragh O’Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Dr Rory Hearne, author of Housing Shock; The Irish Housing Crisis and how to Solve it
Saija Turunen, Research Manager with the Y Foundation, Finland
Leilani Farha, Director of the Shift, former UN Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing
Professor Padraic Kenna, Senior Lecturer in Law, and Director of the Centre for Housing Law, Rights and Policy, NUIG
Eoin O Broin, Sinn Fein TD, Housing Spokesperson & Author of 'Home: Why Public Housing is the Answer'
Rosemarie Maughan Mouzali, National Traveller Accommodation Policy Officer Irish Traveller Movement
The Participation and Practice in Rights Project
Conor Casey, LL.B. (Dubl.) LL.M. (Yale) Ph.D. (Dubl.) Home For Good Legal Subgroup
Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, MB MRCP PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Consultant Physician, Inclusion Health Service, St James's Hospital
Dr Ellen Crushell, Clinical Lead, HSE/RCPI National Clinical Programme for Children, UCD Associate Clinical Professor
Bulelani Mfaco, Spokesperson at MASI – the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland
Dr Paula Mayock, Department of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin
Niall Breslin, Co-Founder A Lust for Life

April 22nd screening of ‘Push: How global finance is fuelling the housing crisis’ before the screening Rory Hearne will talk to the award-winning director of PUSH, Fredrik Gertten

Day 1 was streamed to our facebook page and available on demand at the below links;
Session 1
Keynote: Financialisation & affordable housing; what way forward? Professor Manuel Aalbers, Professor of Urban and Economic Geography at the University of Leuven and author of The Financialization of Housing
Panel 1: Housing Situation and Policy Context: After Rebuilding Ireland What should be in a New Housing Plan?
Introduction & Chair: Dr Rory Hearne, Dept of Applied Social Studies, Author of ‘Housing Shock; The Irish Housing Crisis and how to Solve it’
Darragh O'Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Government & Heritage
Respondents: PJ Drudy, Professor Emeritus, Trinity College Dublin
Karen Murphy, Director of Policy, Irish Council for Social Housing
Eoin O Broin, Sinn Fein TD, Housing Spokesperson & Author of 'Home: Why Public Housing is the Answer'
Minister’s Response followed by Q&A
Housing as social determinant of health
Impact of Homelessness and Inadequate Housing on Children’s Health. Dr Ellen Crushell, Clinical Lead, HSE/RCPI National Clinical Programme for Children, UCD Associate Clinical Professor
Homelessness and inadequate housing as social determinant of health. Prof Clíona Ní Cheallaigh MB MRCP PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, Consultant Physician, Inclusion Health Service, St James's Hospital

Session 2
Homelessness, COVID and inequality. Niamh O Rourke, Senior Medical Social Worker on the Inclusion Health Team at St James’s Hospital
Gender – women and homelessness. Paula Mayock, Department of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin
Systems accelerant? Covid and homelessness responses. Joe Finnerty, University College Cork
Ending Homelessness
Mike Allen, Focus Ireland
Saija Turunen, Research Manager with the Y Foundation, Finland
Discrimination in housing
Traveller Accommodation: Rosemary Maughan Mouzali , National Traveller Accommodation Policy Officer Irish Traveller Movement
James Cawley, Policy Officer, Independent Living Movement Ireland
Bulelani Mfaco, Spokesperson at MASI – the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland

Timetable Thursday 22nd April

Time	Title
9:00	Welcome Dr Seamus Taylor, HOD Dept of Applied Social Studies, Maynooth University
9:10	Keynote: Financialisation & affordable housing; what way forward? Professor Manuel Aalbers
10:00	Panel 1: Housing Situation and Policy Context: After Rebuilding Ireland What should be in a New Housing Plan?   Introduction & Chair: Dr Rory Hearne, Dept of Applied Social Studies, Author of ‘Housing Shock’ Minister for Housing, Local Government & Heritage, Darragh O'Brien Respondents: PJ Drudy, Professor Emeritus TCD Karen Murphy, Director of Policy, Irish Council for Social Housing  Eoin O Broin, Sinn Fein TD, Housing Spokesperson & Author of 'Home: Why Public Housing is the Answer' Minister Response  Q & A
11:30	Break
11:45	Housing as social determinant of health Impact of Homelessness and Inadequate Housing on Children’s Health  Dr Ellen Crushell  Homelessness and inadequate housing as social determinant of health  Prof Clíona Ní Cheallaigh
13:00	Lunch
14:00	Homelessness, COVID and inequality Niamh O Rourke, Senior Medical Social Worker on the Inclusion Health Team at St James’s Hospital Gender – women and homelessness - Paula Mayock, TCD Systems accelerant? Covid and homelessness responses - Joe Finnerty, UCC
15:00	Ending Homelessness  Mike Allen, Focus Ireland Saija Turunen, Research Manager with the Y Foundation, Finland
16:00 -17:30	Discrimination in housing Traveller Accommodation: Rosemarie Maughan Mouzali , National Traveller Accommodation Policy Officer Irish Traveller Movement James Cawley, Policy Officer, Independent Living Movement Ireland Bulelani Mfaco, Spokesperson at MASI – the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland
19:00	Screening of ‘Push’: How global finance is fuelling the housing crisis & how do we push back? Pre-movie interview with director: Before the screening Rory Hearne will talk to the award-winning director of PUSH, Fredrik Gertten

Timetable Friday 23rd April

Time	Title
9:00	The right to housing, financialisation, and EU Law, Professor Padraic Kenna, Law School and Centre for Housing Law, Rights and Policy, National University of Ireland, Galway. Case study of Tenant Empowerment & the European Social Charter, Cecilia Forrestal, Community Action Network
10:00	Upscaling the Vienna Model of Social Housing to the EU level Michaela Kauer Followed by response from NESC: ‘how we can roll out the Vienna model/cost rental model in Ireland -challenges and opportunities?’ Larry O' Connell, Director NESC, Noel Cahill, Economist, NESC
11:00	A new public housing model: Delivering Affordable Public homes on Public Land John O Connor, CEO the Housing Agency St Michaels Estate Inchicore – John Bissett and Eilish Comerford The O Cualann Housing Cooperative model – Hugh Brennan Public housing: Oscar Traynor – Councillor Alison Gilliland Housing & Sustainability - Orla Hegarty · Architect, Assistant Professor at School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, UCD Q & A
12:30	Multi Story Workshop: Talking, Writing and Acting the Housing Crisis
13:30	Lunch
14:00	What is a human right to housing & why should Governments do it! Key note address: Leilani Farha, Director of the Shift, former UN Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing Response – Niall Muldoon, Ombudsman for Children
15:00	Right to Housing in the Irish Constitution John-Mark McCafferty, Chief Executive Threshold Conor Casey, Home for Good Clare O Connor, Inner City Helping Homeless Anne Marie Flanagan, National Women’s Council of Ireland Disability Working Group Niall Breslin, Founder A Lust for Life & Musician
16:30	Right to Housing in practice at the grassroots Marissa McMahon & Twasul Mohammed  The Participation and Practice in Rights Project Michelle Byrne, Uplift Community Action Tenants Union (CATU)
17:30	Conference close

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