Quartz Housing Limited

Establishment of a for-profit Registered Provider ("RP") to support the delivery of additional new build high quality social housing across the UK.

Supporting Delivery of Social Housing

The RP status will enable Quartz Housing to play a part in supporting the delivery of new general needs and shared ownership social housing, in areas of high demand with strong environmental and social impact built into their operating models.

2024 will see Quartz Housing bring together the first phase of its significant pipeline of new build homes, enabling people to live within their own communities and to contribute to sustainable placemaking.

The Quartz Housing Board

Bob Heapy
Chair/Independent Non-Executive Director
Bob has over 35 years experience in the construction and social housing sectors. He has led successful organisations as an Executive Director and as Chief Executive Officer. He has also held several non-executive Director positions, including terms as Chair, with registered Charities and nonprofit organisations and more recently in the commercial sector. Bob is currently joint Chief Executive of Town and Country Housing and Rosebery Housing Association, both subsidiaries of the Peabody Group, and an Executive Director of the Group. He is also a non-executive Director of the Housing Forum Itd a not-for-profit members organisation operating the residential property sector.
Gareth Lewis
Independent Non-Executive Director
Gareth has over 40 years' experience in housing, predominantly social housing and at senior executive level or as a non-executive Board Member. His roles included executive responsibility for development, asset, and housing management for regional and national housing associations. He also spent 15 years in consultancy, advising boards and execs on a wide range of issues and leading change where required and taking a start-up business to a £30m multi-disciplinary practice.
Patrick Shaw
Independent Non-Executive Director
Patrick has worked in the social housing arena for nearly 30 years, He has held finance director positions at a number of Registered Providers in London and Scotland, including Metropolitan Thames Valley. He was also part of the teams. that established LSVTs Phoenix Community Housing and Eastend Homes, and more recently Populo Living.
Andrew Dawber
Non-Executive Director
Andrew is a Founding Partner of Civitas, the parent company of Quartz.
Tom Pridmore
Non-Executive Director
Tom is a Founding Partner of Civitas, the parent company of Quartz.