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Episode 5: Follow the money:
Liz Peace, former chief executive of the British Property Federation and now senior independent governor at the RICS, is this week’s guest on the Home Truths podcast.
Having focused on commercial property during her 13 years at the BPF until 2014, she has since taken up a series of high-profile roles including becoming the chair of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation, overseeing the delivery of thousands of homes in west London.
In today’s podcast she talks about the many housing and planning reviews she has witnessed during her time in the property industry, and how successive governments have failed to tackle the fundamental problems in the housing market.
Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill, the podcasts’ co-hosts, ask Liz to explain her proposed financial model that would leverage private finance in order to build more homes that would be genuinely affordable.
This was the fifth and final episode of the series, all our previous episodes are available to download.
Introduced and edited by Chloe McCulloch, editorial director for Building and Housing Today. Audio production by Tariq Aziz.
Home Truths is a Building Talks series produced for Building and Housing Today. 




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Episode 4: Bricks and mortar, hearts and minds:
Darren Rodwell is leader of the council in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in east London. He is also standing as the Labour candidate to become MP for Barking in the 4 July general election – and is this week’s guest on the Home Truths podcast.
Born in Barking and brought up in Dagenham, Rodwell’s declared aim has been to deliver 50,000 homes in his borough by 2037 through partnerships with developers. He is credited with achieving the largest number of social or affordable housing starts in any London borough.
In today’s interview, which is released just days after the date for the snap election was announced, Rodwell explains how the council has increased housing supply via Be First, its urban regeneration arm, and Reside, which provides rental homes at 50% to 80% of market rates.
He also talks to Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill about how growing up on the Becontree Estate shaped his politics, how his model for working with the private sector helps to de-risk the construction of new homes and his nine-point proposal for housebuilding in Britain.
Episodes of Home Truths will be available every Tuesday.
Introduced and edited by Chloe McCulloch, editorial director for Building and Housing Today. Audio production by Tariq Aziz.
Home Truths is a Building Talks series produced for Building and Housing Today. 




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Home Truths Episode 3, Gimme Shelter:
Toby Lloyd, an independent housing policy consultant and former special adviser to No 10 Downing Street, is the guest on this week’s Home Truths podcast series.
Before working for the government, Lloyd was head of policy and then housing development at Shelter, the campaigning housing and homelessness charity.
Lloyd was a housing and regeneration policy special adviser to Theresa May for over a year until July 2019, when she was forced to resign having lost parliamentary support for her Brexit deal.
This interview, co-hosted by Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill, covers what Lloyd has learnt about effective campaigning before an election, his time close to the centre of power and why successive governments have so far failed to grapple with the complex structural problems that have led to the current housing crisis.
Episodes of Home Truths will be available every Tuesday.
Introduced and edited by Chloe McCulloch, editorial director for Building and Housing Today. Audio production by Tariq Aziz.
Home Truths is a Building Talks series produced for Building and Housing Today. 




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Home Truths Episode 2: In violent agreement
Jenny Daly, chief executive of Taylor Wimpey, appears in today’s episode of Building Talk’s latest series which is focused on the housing crisis and is co-hosted by Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill.
Daly started her career as a planner, before joining Harrow Estates, a subsidiary of Redrow, where she had a number of roles before becoming managing director. She joined Taylor Wimpey in 2014 as UK director of planning, then land director, progressing to group operations director and finally chief executive in April 2022, taking over from Pete Redfern.
In this interview, Daly talks about the impact of the economic cycle on private sector housebuilders’ build-out rates of new homes.
The conversation ranges from the impact of housing shortages on community tensions in her native Northern Ireland to the urgent need to improve construction skills and her desire to see a top-down, long-term vision and strategy for the planning system from the next government.
Episodes of Home Truths will be available every Tuesday.
Introduced and edited by Chloe McCulloch, editorial director for Building and Housing Today. Audio production by Tariq Aziz.
Home Truths is a Building Talks series is produced for Building and Housing Today. 




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Home Truths Episode 1: The Swiss Army knife
Peter Freeman, chair of Homes England, is the guest in today’s first episode of Building Talk’s latest series which is focused on the housing crisis and is co-hosted by Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill.
Freeman, who has been in post over two years having been recently reappointed until 2025, is widely known in the industry as co-founder of Argent and instrumental in the redevelopment of Kings Cross. He is also chair of the Cambridge Delivery Group, announced by government in the spring budget to drive growth and provide more housing for Cambridge.
In this wide-ranging interview, the podcast’s co-hosts wanted to find out how big a contribution Homes England makes towards increasing the supply of new homes. In Freeman’s own words “despite the name, we don’t build any homes”, so what are the limits to the agency’s impact and influence and how does Freeman believe it could do more in the future?
Episodes of Home Truths will be available every Tuesday.
Introduced and edited by Chloe McCulloch, editorial director for Building and Housing Today. Audio production by Tariq Aziz.
Home Truths is a Building Talks series produced for Building and Housing Today. 




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Home Truths is the Building Talks podcast series taking a deep dive into the housing crisis. Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill talk to high profile guests about the need for a radical rethink of housebuilding in this pivotal election year.