UK: The Association for Rental Living (ARL) – formerly UKAA – has named the members of a committee to lead its work in representing institutionally-backed single family housing.
Following the announcement of David Reid, managing director of Legal & General’s Suburban Build-to-Rent business, as chair of the ARL Single Family Housing committee in February, the organisation has introduced the full committee, which is made up of:
• Duncan Sutherland, Public Affairs Director, Sigma Capital
• Jennifer Murray, Director, Product, Equity and Partnerships, Homes England
• Jamie Younger, Fund Director, Thriving Investments
• Lesley Roberts, Managing Director, Monogram Living
• Jonathon Ivory, Chief Investment Officer, Packaged Living
• Alan Penfold, Managing Director, Apache Capital/Present Made
• Andrew Hutchinson, CEO, Citra Living/Lloyds Banking Group
• Will Montague, CEO, Leaf Living
• Rebecca Taylor, Managing Director – Multifamily, Long Harbour
• Oscar Kingsbury, Executive Director, PGIM Real Estate
• Shamez Alibhai, Head of Community Housing, Managing Director, Man GPM
• Anna Hwang, Director of Assets and Strategy, Placefirst
• Cedric Bucher, CEO, Hearthstone Investments
• James Hallett, Principal, Ares Management
• Rupert Driver, Executive Director, CBRE
• Debra Yudolph, CEO, SAY Consulting
• Marc Thompson, Regeneration and Growth Director, Vistry Group
• Helen Randerson, Partnerships Director, Gleeson
• John Coles, Head of Acquisitions, Gatehouse Investment Management
• Theo Plowman, Assistant Director (Real Estate), BPF
• Brendan Geraghty, CEO, Association for Rental Living (ARL)
ARL works “to bring together investors and operators of single-family houses with the housebuilders who deliver them, to create mutual understanding and collaboration, establishing long-term partnerships for new home delivery that meets the needs for professionally managed homes”. Particular focus of the ARL Single Family Housing committee is on:
The ARL Single Family Housing committee is also “driving engagement with policy makers and local authorities to improve understanding of the quality and value of suburban BTR delivery in providing high quality rental homes that meet local market needs, working in collaboration with the British Property Federation (BPF) to drive cross-sector collaboration and provide a clear voice to government and policy makers”.
ARL CEO Brendan Geraghty said: “This announcement of influential committee members reinforces the position of the ARL as the membership association for the institutionally backed UK Build to Rent sector. We recognise and fully embrace the importance of single-family housing and look forward to working with David and the committee to represent the interests of those investing in, developing and operating purpose-built, single-family rental homes.”
Reid added: “The experience and expertise of the ARL’s assembled committee reflects the strength of the Build to Rent sector and the crucial role it plays in meeting UK housing demands. However, there is more work to be done to scale up delivery of reliable, high-quality single-family housing. I look forward to working with the committee, in collaboration with investors, developers, and operators, to drive forward and deliver more much-needed quality rental homes.”
