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Regulator names two new board members
The Regulator of Social Housing has appointed two new members to its Regulation Committee.
Former Council of Mortgage Lenders director general Paul Smee and ex-Lloyds director of housing finance Richard Hughes have become the fifth and sixth members of the committee.
Simon Dow, the former chief executive of Guinness Partnership, is interim chair of the committee for 12 months until next March. The other members are Liz Butler, Richard Moriarty and Ceri Richards.
Mr Dow stepped up to the role when Julian Ashby resigned to take over as chair of Paradigm earlier this year.
The new board members have been appointed following a rebranding of the sector’s regulator, with the former Homes and Communities Agency being split into its investment arm, Homes England, and the Regulator of Social Housing.
At-a-glance: the rebrands of public bodies
A number of housing-related government bodies or agencies have changed their names or make-up following Theresa May's reshuffle:
- The Ministry of Housing, Communties and Local Government is the new name for the Department of Communitites and Local Government
- Homes England is the name of the body carrying out the function of the Homes and Communities Agency's (HCA) investment arm
- The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) is the name of the new English regulator which will carry out the work done by the HCA's regulation arm. Both RSH and Homes England will remain legally part of the HCA until legislation is enacted to establish them as standalone bodies.
