Homes England Webinar

A step change in housing delivery and regeneration: Homes England’s evolving offer to the market

Homes England and Real Estate:UK invite you to a joint webinar exploring how the Agency is evolving its role to support and accelerate the delivery of new homes and regeneration across England.

This session will provide a clear overview of Homes England’s strategic direction and refreshed offer to the market, including:

• The Investment Prospectus – setting out the Agency’s long-term investment priorities and support available to partners
• The National Housing Bank – a new public financial institution set up to manage up to £16 billion of long-term debt, equity and guarantees, as well as crowd in private capital and unlock up to £53 billion of private investment over the next 10 years
• A new regional operating model – enabling more responsive, place-based decision-making and making it easier for partners to work with the Agency

Senior leaders from Homes England will explain how these changes are designed to:

• accelerate delivery at greater pace and scale
• improve responsiveness to market conditions
• enable more effective partnership working across the sector

The session will also include a live Q&A.

Mike Wiltshire, Executive Director - Strategy, Markets and Analysis – Homes England:

Mike joined Homes England in 2018 and leads the Strategy, Markets and Analysis Unit which focuses on: cross-agency strategy development; the Agency’s research, economics and analysis portfolio – headed up by Homes England’s Chief Economist; market engagement; and Homes England’s Government Sponsorship function.

Prior to joining Homes England, Mike was a civil servant in Cabinet Office, DLUHC and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, where he led work to devolve power to city-regions and drive local growth. This included: the establishment of elected city-region mayors; the negotiation and implementation of devolution/growth/city deals across England, Scotland and Wales; and leading work to drive housing-led growth in the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge corridor. 

Before joining the civil service, Mike worked in local government for over ten years across London, South East England and South West England.

Simon Century, Chief Executive Officer – National Housing Bank:

Simon Century is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Housing Bank, having joined Homes England in 2025 as Chief Investment Officer.  He is responsible for leading the Bank’s investment strategy and partnerships to accelerate housing delivery nationwide.

Prior to joining, Simon spent nine years at Legal & General as managing director, where he built and grew multiple housing businesses across social and affordable housing, build to rent, senior living, and build to sale, as well as pioneering platforms for modern methods of construction.  Simon began his career at investment and advisory firm TradeRisks and later at the affordable housing provider bpha, leading corporate strategy and finance.

He is a full member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers, holds a certificate in investment management from the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, and has a psychology degree from the University of Liverpool.

If you have a question, please contact us at events@realestateuk.org.