Bracknell

Caroline Titley has been appointed the new Chief Executive of Bracknell Forest HomesBracknell Forest Homes is pleased to announce that Caroline Titley has been appointed as Chief Executive of the new not-for-profit housing association.

Caroline joins Bracknell Forest Homes from The Hyde Group, which is another housing association, where she is currently Corporate Services Director. She expects to take up her new role with Bracknell Forest Homes before the end of 2007.

Dermot McRoberts, Chair of the Board of Bracknell Forest Homes, said: “We are very pleased that Caroline will be joining the association as Chief Executive and are glad to have appointed such a high calibre candidate. Bracknell Forest Homes will greatly benefit from the wealth of experience which Caroline brings to this role.”

Caroline Titley commented: “I am delighted to have been appointed as the first Chief Executive of Bracknell Forest Homes and I am looking forward to working with the staff, residents, board and other stakeholders to make the new association a real success and deliver all the promises made in the Offer Document.”

Bracknell Forest Homes is the new housing association being set up to own and manage the 5,800 homes which will transfer from the Council in mid-February 2008.

The transfer is the result of a consultation with all tenants and a secret tenant ballot held in March this year, in which over 75 per cent of tenants were in favour of the move. There was a turnout of over 70 per cent of tenants.

The move means £61 million worth of improvements to homes and the housing service in the first five years, and means all homes will meet the Bracknell Forest Standard of repair, which exceeds the Government’s basic Decent Homes Standard.

Cllr Dale Birch, Executive Member for Adult Services, Health and Housing, said: "I'm pleased that Bracknell Forest Homes has appointed its very first Chief Executive - this is a very exciting step in the transfer of Council housing to the new not-for-profit organisation.

"Caroline has a wealth of experience, which I'm sure will help her and the team drive Bracknell Forest Homes forward to give tenants the standard of housing they want and deserve. I'd like to wish her all the very best in her new role."

For more information about Bracknell Forest Homes tenants can call 0800 692 3000, email your.homes@bracknell-forest.gov.uk or visit www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/yourhomes

Bracknell Forest Borough Council