Housing Corporation News Release 

Chief Executive for new social housing regulator announced

27 June 2008     ref:46/08

Peter Marsh has been appointed as Chief Executive of the new social housing regulator, the Tenant Services Authority (TSA),  Housing Minister Caroline Flint announced today. 

Peter Marsh will assume the post of Chief Executive Designate of the TSA from 1st July 2008, but will continue his current role as Deputy Chief Executive of the Housing Corporation until the formal establishment of the new regulator, which is planned for this December.

Peter Dixon, Chairman of the Housing Corporation said, " I am delighted with Peter's appointment. He will be able to build on the strong platform established by the Housing Corporation.   With a new suite of powers and a renewed purpose he  will take the Tenant Services Authority on the next stage of development, focussing on the highest level of service to tenants."

Peter Marsh said," I am honoured to have been offered the opportunity of leading the Tenant Services Authority in its mission to champion the needs of social tenants, and to challenge landlords to offer the very best services and promote choice in service delivery.  The Tenant Services Authority will play a key role in defining a new standards framework that will place the provision of the highest quality services at its heart. I believe that the need to ensure landlords remain financially viable has never been as important as it is today to ensure they can deliver high quality services and develop new homes for decades to come.  The TSA  will challenge mediocrity and complacency; acting as a force for change while promoting excellence and choice" 

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Notes to editors

1) Biography of Peter Marsh

Peter Marsh has been Deputy Chief Executive of the Housing Corporation since 2007. Prior to that he was Director of Resources at the Corporation.

Before joining the Corporation Peter worked in Further Education as Deputy Principal at City and Islington College, London, and prior to that at Gateshead College, Tyne and Wear. Previously he worked for KPMG, in its North East public sector team, and the Audit Commission, auditing Local Authorities and the NHS in the north east of England.

2)The Housing Corporation is responsible for regulating housing associations, which provide some two million homes across England. 

3)The Housing Corporation is the Government's national affordable homes agency, responsible for investing in new affordable homes and regulating nearly 2,000 housing associations across England. The Corporation's £8 billion investment programme for 2008-11 is its biggest ever. Its previous investment programme of £3.9 billion for 2006-08 is funding 84,000 homes; 49,000 of these are for affordable rent, and 35,000 are for affordable sale through the Government's HomeBuy initiatives, helping people to get a foot on the property ladder. 

4) The Housing Corporation is working with English Partnerships and Communities and Local Government to establish the proposed Homes and Communities Agency and Tenant Services Authority.

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