Homes England chair and ceo to step down

Homes England has announced that chair Peter Freeman and chief executive Peter Denton will be stepping down from their roles after four years leading the agency together. Denton will be moving on in the new year whilst Freeman will hand over to his successor when the recruitment of a new chair is completed later next year.

A search for a new chair will start next week and an interim ceo will be announced shortly.

Freeman is to focus on his role as chair of the Cambridge Growth Company. He 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 …