The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has appointed former Barratt boss Stephen Kinsella as its new director of accelerated construction.
Kinsella spent the last 11 years as growth and partnerships director at Barratt Partnerships, the housebuilder’s public sector division and in his new role will be will steer a £2bn programme that involves taking direct action to build homes on surplus public sector land.
As well as building homes on surplus public sector land he will also be launching initiatives to support smaller builders and modern methods of construction.
Edward Lister, HCA chairman, said: “This appointment is further evidence of our renewed ambition to increase the scale and pace of construction and pioneer new approaches to diversify the housing market.”
Nick Walkley, HCA chief executive, said: “This is a very important appointment for the agency and we’ve very pleased to have found someone who has the same ambition and passion to transform housebuilding in this country so more people can have a home of their own.”
