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Anna Clarke

Anna Clarke

Director of policy and public affairs
The Housing Forum
Commercial InterestsArchitecture and Design, Asset management/Property services, Development/Land/Planning/Regeneration, Energy/Sustainability, Homelessness, PRS/Build-to-Rent, Procurement, Regulation and Governance, Strategy/Business Transformation

Biography

Anna is Director of Policy and Public Affairs at The Housing Forum. This role that involves bringing members together to increase our voice to government and promote The Housing Forum and its reputation for industry insight to a range of policymakers and stakeholders. She is responsible for The Housing Forum’s response to consultations as well as creating and promoting our Manifesto in support of our mission of a Quality Home for All.

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Anna has extensive experience of working throughout the housing sector on housing policy issues. She worked in academia at Cambridge University leading research projects for Government, private and third sector bodies across the housing sector, and since then in consultancy and more recently leading research for Peabody. With a strong research and policy influencing background, she has a detailed understanding of UK housing policy and the housing sector. She is a member of the Housing Studies Association and ThinkHouse editorial panel.

Recent Articles

Latest housing research: is the 1.5 million homes target ambitious enough, and what will it take to achieve?

Latest housing research: is the 1.5 million homes target ambitious enough, and what will it take to achieve?

New reports calculate just how many homes the UK needs, but we must recognise the scale of the challenge, writes Anna Clarke, director of policy and public affairs at The Housing Forum, and member of the Thinkhouse Editorial Panel
Latest housing research: 20 years on from the Barker Review

Latest housing research: 20 years on from the Barker Review

Thinkhouse Editorial Panel member Anna Clarke highlights two must-read reports that set out a 2024 vision for housebuilding, and how to achieve it
The Thinkhouse Review: the state of the housing sector exposed and ideas for a brighter future

The Thinkhouse Review: the state of the housing sector exposed and ideas for a brighter future

Anna Clarke reveals what she thinks is the must-read housing research from the past month – and what it tells us about housing supply, supported housing and the future shape of retrofit