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    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 [email protected] 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 [email protected]

    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