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The resignation of Homes England chief executive Nick Walkley last week came as a surprise to both his staff and the industry. Widely seen as having transformed an under-performing Homes and Communities Agency with the creation of Homes England in February 2018, Walkley will leave the agency at the end of this month with his reputation at a high watermark.
Overseeing the administration of Help to Buy and the £12.5bn affordable housing programme, alongside a raft of other initiatives and deals, Homes England enables the construction of more than 40,000 homes a year. While the agency’s chief investment officer, Gordon More, will take temporary charge, Walkley’s departure leaves the body without a permanent leader at a crucial moment as the country emerges from the pandemic, with the housing market facing huge challenges. His eventual successor will have big shoes to fill.
Homes England chief Nick Walkley to leave after four years
Delivery agency names lead investment officer Gordon More as interim CEO
Nick Walkley
26 Jan 2021
The chief executive of Homes England is to leave the organisation – tasked with delivering the government’s 300,000 new homes a year target – at the end of next month and without a permanent successor in place.
Nick Walkley’s departure will come exactly four years after he became chief of what was then the Homes and Communities Agency. In a Twitter post this morning, the former council chief executive suggested he did not have a new role to take up when he steps down from Homes England, which is sponsored by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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