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British Property Federation launches Affordable Housing Committee

A new Affordable Housing Committee has been launched by the leading real estate industry body for the UK.

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Rob Beiley (left) and Simon Century will serve as chair and vice-chair of the new committee
Rob Beiley (left) and Simon Century will serve as chair and vice-chair of the new committee
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The British Property Federation (BPF) has appointed Rob Beiley, partner at Trowers & Hamlins, as chair of the new committee.

Simon Century, director of build-to-rent and affordable homes at Legal & General (L&G), will serve as the committee’s vice-chair.

Mr Beiley has more than 20 years’ experience advising social landlords, developers and institutional investors on housing-related matters, while Mr Century founded L&G’s wholly owned registered provider of social housing, L&G Affordable Homes.

The committee’s agenda will be “to maximise the real estate industry’s investment in affordable housing, and ensure better understanding within central and regional governments of the opportunities that the industry can offer to expand its provision of affordable homes”, the BPF said.


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It will also focus on how the industry can complement the work of housing associations and local authorities in the delivery of affordable housing and improve the industry’s engagement with institutions such as Homes England, the Greater London Authority and the Regulator of Social Housing.

The committee’s members include:

  • Julia Bevan, Grainger
  • Chris Jeffs, M&G Real Estate
  • Peter Quinn, Watkin Jones
  • Charles Cleal, JLL
  • Charles Crowe, PGIM Real Estate
  • Natalia Kolotneva, LaSalle Investment Management
  • Catherine Webster, Quintain
  • Matthew Chillingworth, Federated Hermes
  • Olivia Harris, Dolphin Living
  • Tom Paul, Optivo
  • Debi Marriott-Lavery, Places for People
  • Kush Rawal, Metropolitan Thames Valley
  • Thomas Mudd, CBRE
  • Shamez Alibhai, Man GPM
  • Claire Kober, Pinnacle Group

Mr Beiley said: “We have seen exponential growth in the real estate industry’s investment in affordable housing in recent years and I know that the industry has the capacity to deliver more.

“I am grateful to have the support of such a highly experienced committee and together we look forward to working with government to maximise the opportunities that the industry has to deliver much-needed affordable housing at scale.”

Mr Century said: “The pandemic has affected every corner of our lives and had a major impact on what we need from our homes and communities.

“In particular, it has brought into even sharper focus the urgent need to provide stable and affordable homes for millions of households across the country.

“As ever-increasing levels of long-term capital seek to enter, now is the perfect time to be bringing together like-minded housing associations, institutions and advisors who can work with government to help tackle the huge supply, funding and sustainability issues the sector faces.

“I am delighted to be working alongside the BPF and Rob to bring this to fruition, and to help lead the way in addressing the next evolution of the sector.”

Melanie Leech, chief executive of the British Property Federation, said: “The real estate industry’s investment plays a significant role in the provision of affordable homes in the UK, yet this is poorly understood and there remain significant opportunities to maximise our industry’s investment into this sector.

“I am delighted Rob and Simon have accepted to lead the charge for our new Affordable Housing Committee.

“We look forward to working with them to ensure our industry more effectively communicates with the government to unlock future growth in this sector, which will be fundamental to the government’s ambitions to create a housing market that works for everyone.”

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