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Northern Ireland housing association chief to retire

Clare McCarty, chief executive of Clanmil Housing Group, has announced she will retire at the end of 2021 after leading the organisation for more than 30 years.

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Clare McCarty has been with the organisation since 1984 (picture: Clanmil)
Clare McCarty has been with the organisation since 1984 (picture: Clanmil)
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Clare McCarty, chief executive of @ClanmilHousing, has announced she will retire at the end of the year #UKhousing

Ms McCarty became chief executive of Clanmil in 1984 when it was known as Royal British Legion Housing Association.

Today the housing association has nearly 5,500 homes and houses more than 10,000 people.

Ms McCarty’s retirement comes ahead of Clanmil’s forthcoming five-year strategic plan, which the association said will help deliver much-needed homes, services and support.

In her time at Clanmil, Ms McCarty oversaw the mergers of Clanmil and Dungannon and District Housing Association in 2011 and Hearth Housing Association in 2016.


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She has also presided over the organisation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in a year where Clanmil was responsible for nearly 20% of all social homes built across Northern Ireland.

The association has delivered more than 1,000 new homes with investment worth £125m.

In 2007 Ms McCarty was awarded an OBE for services to social housing in Northern Ireland, in 2004 she was elected the first female chair of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in Northern Ireland, and served as Northern Ireland chair of the Chartered Institute of Housing from 2001 to 2003.

Joy Scott, group chair at Clanmil, said: “After a lifetime committed to providing homes to those in greatest need, Clare is stepping back from the daily routine of work and will be very much missed by the board and all her colleagues, friends and many of our residents.

“Under Clare’s leadership, the group has developed and grown into an innovative, contemporary and aspiring organisation on a sound financial footing with an appetite to face the challenges and opportunities in the aftermath of the pandemic and in the future.

“The board is now starting the process to seek a successor and Clare has expressed her desire to assist in ensuring a smooth transition in the coming months.”

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