New Chairman and Vice Chairman for Hundred Houses Society
Cambridge's third largest provider of affordable housing, Hundred Houses Society, has elected a new Chairman to oversee the future development of the Society as Cambridge continues its rapid expansion.
[UKPRwire, Wed Oct 17 2007] Noel Garner has been elected Chairman at the Hundred Houses Society annual general meeting. Mr Garner is a chartered town planner and runs a local development company. He succeeds Mark Freeman who had been Chairman since 1998.
Sandy Lynam has been elected Vice-Chairman of the Board, and Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee. Ms Lynam is Director of Faculties for Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge and Chelmsford.
Mark Jenkins, Housing Director with Hanover Housing Association was also elected to the Board. Mark has a wide range of experience with housing associations and in promoting community development.
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Note to Editors
1. More information at www.hhs.org.uk or by contacting Chris Jackson, Chief Executive on 01223 315036
2. The Housing Corporation is the government agency responsible for delivering new affordable homes and regulating 1,500 housing associations across England. Its current investment programme of £3.9 billion for 2006-2008 is its biggest ever and is set to provide around 80,000 new affordable homes from housing associations and private developers throughout the country. The Housing Corporation’s website is www.housingcorp.gov.uk.
3. Hundred Houses Society manages over 1,000 homes in Cambridgeshire and north Essex. It is the third largest provider of affordable homes in Cambridge City.
4. Housing associations are grant funded by the Housing Corporation and raise money by bank and building society loans to buy land to build new homes
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