Housing developer London Square has appointed a raft of senior public sector housing figures – including the former chair of Homes England – to the board of its new affordable housing subsidiary, Square Roots.

Earlier this week Companies House registered the appointment of Simon Dudley, interim chair of Homes England between summer 2019 and the autumn of 2020; Claire Coghill, who until the summer was leader of Waltham Forest Council; and Barbara Richardson, a former MD of Windsor and Maidenhead’s council-owned property company, as directors of Square Roots.

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