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Midlands landlord hires new boss from Barnet Council’s housing firm
Barnet Council’s housing boss has been appointed chief executive of an East Midlands landlord.
Tim Mulvenna, chief executive of the Barnet Group, will join Futures Housing Group later this year.
The 10,000-home landlord was formed as Amber Valley Housing Association in 2003 after a stock transfer. In 2016, Daventry and District Housing was brought into the fold to create Futures Housing.
Mr Mulvenna has nearly 20 years of experience in housing. At the Barnet Group, he is responsible for all aspects of homelessness and housing in the London borough.
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The group includes an ALMO that manages Barnet Council’s housing stock, a care and support company, a registered provider and a sales and lettings agent.
Under Mr Mulvenna, the organisation has delivered the first new build council housing in the area for nearly 50 years and set up its own registered provider of social housing, which has developed and bought 800 new homes.
Mr Mulvenna was previously group director of customer services at L&Q, where he was responsible for rolling out the direct maintenance service and the stock investment programme.
He will succeed Lindsey Williams, who became the first chief executive of Amber Valley Housing in 2003 and announced her intention to step down in September 2023.
Mr Mulvenna said Futures has “a brilliant track record and the focus on customers is clear”.
He continued: “The challenges for housing associations and our residents have never been greater, and I look forward to working with the team to continue to improve services and deliver more much-needed affordable homes.”
Mike Stevenson, chair of the Futures board, said: “Lindsey has played a central part in making the organisation the great success it is today, and so finding the right person to follow in her footsteps was really vital.”
He added: “This is an ideal time for Tim to join the Futures family.
“We have just launched our new corporate plan, setting out our ambitions for the next three years, and recently retained our G1/V1 ratings from the regulator following our latest in-depth assessment.
“So with Tim picking up the reins, we will be fantastically well equipped to deliver our vision of providing quality homes and services for better futures across the East Midlands.”
Earlier this week, Andy Street pledged to treble the number of social homes being built in the region, as he campaigns for re-election.
The West Midlands mayor said the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) would directly fund the building of social housing for the first time, using newly devolved affordable homes powers.
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