Future Foundations 2026 takes place on Tuesday 6th October at the Toughsheet Community Stadium, Bolton — a one-day conference bringing housing leaders, practitioners and innovators together across three zones to tackle the issues shaping the sector right now, from governance and compliance to technology and community impact.
Alongside the panels, Future Foundations 2026 brings together 30+ exhibitors on the ground in Bolton — real organisations with real solutions to the problems keeping housing providers up at night. Here’s a walk through the floor by the challenge each stand can help you tackle.
Compliance & Safety
If Awaab’s Law is the thing on your desk, several stands are built specifically for it. ArcAirTech eliminates up to 99.9% of mould spores with fast-acting air systems, no full retrofit required. key2housing catches damp, mould and vulnerability signals the moment a resident reports them, not when someone opens the case on Monday. Project Alix lets residents report issues through WhatsApp with photos and voice notes, turning weeks-long site visit backlogs into minutes. CMSG brings purpose-built technology for ASB caseworkers and community safety teams.
Repairs & Maintenance
clixifix streamlines post-completion defect management on new build portfolios, replacing the spreadsheet-and-email approach most providers still rely on. EVO and exactly both offer end-to-end repairs platforms, with exactly also bringing AI-powered digital twins and diagnostic chatbots into the mix. more IQ and Plentific tackle scheduling and contractor coordination, helping teams do more with the resources they already have.
Data, AI & Digital Transformation
Housing Data Lab turns your organisational data into board-ready insight. Esuasive, Mizorix and Lashan Digital each bring a different angle on Microsoft-based transformation, from low-code business applications to document management and AI readiness assessments. Made Tech brings serious public sector delivery experience, including recent work on repair triage and Awaab’s Law Phase 2 preparation. Quality Led Projects specialises in NEC Housing implementation, upgrades and data migration, helping providers get their HMS system actually delivering rather than just running. And as our Zone 2 sponsor, PropTech Peer Group connects the sector with mission-driven PropTech SMEs worth knowing about — many of whom you’ll find on the floor here.
Procurement & Frameworks
For providers looking to simplify and reduce risk in procurement, NHMF Frameworx, Efficiency East Midlands and CHIC all offer not-for-profit, compliant routes to market with no direct membership cost. M3 Housing rounds this out with development and repairs software built specifically around the sector’s own Schedule of Rates.
Retrofit & Decarbonisation
LivGreen delivers full end-to-end retrofit projects from assessment through to resident engagement. ZapCarbon brings EPC and PAS 2035 assessment expertise. Saint-Gobain and Worcester Bosch bring serious manufacturing weight to insulation, low-carbon heating and building materials, both increasingly central to decarbonisation programmes.
Recruitment & Workforce
James Andrews Recruitment Solutions and its technology division cover specialist hiring across the sector, while Tribepad brings recruitment software trusted by councils and housing associations nationwide. Kingdom Academy ties training directly to its wider group’s work in security, cleaning and recruitment.
Resident Experience & Community
CustomerSure turns resident feedback into measurable action and regulatory evidence. Wyser captures and documents advice conversations without adding to adviser workload. Global Guardians and Trace Solutions bring different angles on property management, from guardianship schemes to enterprise-scale software for complex portfolios.
Whatever’s on your priority list this year, there’s a good chance someone on the exhibition floor has already built a solution for it.
See the full exhibitor list and book your place ➡️ Future Foundations Conference 2026 – Housing Executive
