Who We Are
Homes England is the government’s housing and regeneration agency. We drive the creation of more high-quality housing and thriving places so that everyone – no matter their background – has a place they’re proud to call home.
Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building and regeneration across the country.
We work with thousands of private and public sector partners, from small builders and local councils to national firms and global investors, to deliver the homes and places that our communities need, and to support the regeneration of our towns, cities and rural communities.
We are a national agency with strong regional structures with experts based across the country.
We’re an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). Our statutory objects are contained in the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, the legislation creating the Homes and Communities Agency, which in 2018 adopted “Homes England” as its trading name to underpin its mission and purpose.
We’re governed by a Board, appointed by the Secretary of State for MHCLG, and led by our chair, Peter Freeman.
We can collaborate in a unique way between government and the public and private sectors. We’re unified by our determination to embrace this crucial opportunity to help solve one of the country’s most intractable domestic policy issues.
We operate a hybrid working model, offering colleagues autonomy to work 10 days per month from home, with the remainder of time spent in our offices or with partner organisations across the country.
We have a strong track record of delivering more homes and supporting people into home ownership.
During 2023/24 we:
Our mission is to drive regeneration and housing delivery to create high-quality homes and thriving places. This will support greater social justice, the and the creation of places people are proud to call home.
Our five interconnected objectives are:
To achieve our mission and objectives, we’re a people driven organisation that embraces learning, development and change. This way of working is embedded in our core principle and values.
Our Behaviours
The Shadow Leadership Board reviewed our Homes England Values and in May 2023 our refreshed values were launched shortly followed by a supporting Behaviour Framework in November 2023.
The Values and Behaviours Framework ensure that we collectively advocate inclusion. We embrace and actively champion individual differences in people; their needs, perspectives and experiences, enabling everyone to bring their whole selves to work, so we can achieve our full potential.
We commit to challenging our own and others’ biases. We take positive action to build and nurture a diverse workforce, promoting an equitable and supportive environment in which opportunities are equally accessible to all. They further support us in achieving our EDI objectives through supporting our core principle value of being respectful which runs through all our values and specifically be accountable; empowering colleagues to lead by example, take responsibility for our actions and speaking up for what’s right.
About the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)
MHCLG is responsible for the delivery of government policy relating to housing, planning and building, local growth, local government, integration and community cohesion.
More information about the work of the department can be found in our Annual Report and on the MHCLG website.
