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Association that breached Home Standard appoints interim chief executive
Golding Homes has appointed an interim chief executive, just weeks after the Regulator for Social Housing (RSH) deemed it in breach of the Home Standard.
Sue Chalkley, former chief executive of the Hastoe Housing Group, will take over from Gary Clark, who officially leaves Golding on 6 March.
Chalkley’s appointment, which will last for six months, comes weeks after the regulator issued a notice to the Kent-based association for fire and electrical safety failings that breached the Home Standard.
The RSH found the association had left 100 high-risk fire safety actions outstanding for months and ruled that this created the potential for “serious detriment” to Golding Homes’ tenants.
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At the time, the association apologised to its tenants and said it had invested resources to fix the issues, with work to be led by new operations director Annemarie Roberts.
Mr Clark’s departure was announced on 13 February.
Golding, which owns and manages more than 7,500 homes, currently has a ‘G1’ rating – the highest possible rating for governance – but is currently under review by RSH.
Ms Chalkley has spent her whole career in housing, most notably spending 11 years at 7,500-home rural housing association Hastoe before retiring as chief executive in 2018.
Chris Cheeseman, chair of Golding Homes, said: “We are delighted to welcome Sue to Golding Homes as interim chief executive officer.
“Sue will lead the experienced senior management team to ensure our continued focus on keeping our residents safe, improving our services and building more, much-needed new homes in Kent.”
Ms Chalkley said: “I am looking forward to joining Golding Homes and helping them continue their plans to grow and improve services to customers.”
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