Homes England, the government's housing and regeneration agency,
today (Friday 8 November 2024) announced that Chair Peter Freeman
and Chief Executive Peter Denton will be stepping down from their
roles after four years leading the Agency together. Peter Denton
will be moving on in the New Year whilst Peter Freeman will
handover to his successor when the recruitment of a new Chair is
completed later next year.
Peter Freeman said:
The Agency has a vital role managing many of the government's
interventions to accelerate housing and regeneration across the
country by supporting our partners in local government,
affordable housing and housebuilding. It has been a privilege
chairing the organisation since 2020 and working closely with our
partners and incredible staff operating from offices across the
country.
Under Peter Denton's leadership, despite economic headwinds, the
Agency has met its targets and increasingly demonstrated its
pivot back to a place-based organisation. I look forward to
continuing to lead the Agency until my successor is appointed,
and will then focus my attentions on my role as chair of the
Cambridge Growth Company.
Peter Denton said:
Our work together at the Agency as “the Peters” has reflected a
period of intense activity and achievement for the Agency. We
successfully navigated the transition to being a fully-fledged
and empowered housing and regeneration Agency delivering
strongly, especially in affordable housing, and initiating many
catalytic regeneration projects throughout the country.
Reflecting on the new government's incredible ambitions Peter
Denton said:
The Agency is excited to help the government realise its target
of 1.5m homes, and to offer capacity and capability to the Mayors
and local councils to deliver their local growth plans, including
the largest delivery of new social housing in two
generations.
This will require a leadership team with a time horizon extending
beyond the period I had originally set for myself. It's
important, therefore, that 2025 sees a new Chair and a new CEO
taking on this incredible fresh mandate.
Finally, I would like to thank my incredible Agency colleagues
for the expertise and remarkable dedication and energy they bring
to the task of social equity and ensuring everyone has a decent
home.
The government will be initiating a formal process to appoint new
leadership for Homes England. A search for a new Chair will
commence next week and an Interim CEO will be announced shortly.
, the Housing and Planning
Minister said:
On behalf of the government, I would like to thank Peter Freeman
and Peter Denton for their leadership of the Agency over recent
years. Their efforts have been integral to reshaping Homes
England into an effective national housing and regeneration
agency that is increasingly focused on exemplary place-based
regeneration and placemaking as well as new housing supply.
I wish both Peters all the best in their future endeavours. We
will shortly begin the process of recruiting their successors,
with the search for a new Chair starting next week and an interim
CEO will be confirmed shortly.
The new Chair and interim CEO will be working at pace to
implement the priorities set out in the recent letter from the
Housing Minister, with a strong focus on boosting growth through
the delivery of new housing supply and place-based regeneration.
ENDS
Notes to editors
The Housing and Planning Minister's letter to the Chair of Homes
England setting out the government's priorities for the Agency
can be read in full here: Homes England Chair's
letter - GOV.UK
About Homes England
Homes England is the government's housing and regeneration
agency. We believe that affordable, quality homes in
well-designed places are key to improving people's lives. We make
this happen by using our powers, expertise, land, capital and
influence to both bring investment to communities and get more
quality homes built.
