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Two Castles Housing Association has promoted John Hay to development director to steer its ambitious development profile.

With his extensive experience of business planning and service improvement, John is responsible for Two Castles’ development profile of the organisation.

He will also be responsible for its relationships with partners such as the Spirit consortium; one of the UK’s leading housing association development partnerships, as well as working closely with local authorities and private landlords.

John has more than 20 years experience in the construction and development sectors in both commercial and project management. He was previously development and asset manager at Two Castles and joined the organisation three years ago from the private sector, following a four year project development role in Saudi Arabia.

John has worked in this country and internationally for companies such as Laings, Bechtel and Yorkshire Water. He has a BSc (Hons) in Building and an MBA from the University of Bradford Management Centre.

John said: “I am proud to be appointed as development director of Two Castles Housing Association. I’ve worked with the team for a number of years already and it is a very exciting time to be involved with the Association.

“I am very committed to delivering high quality, well designed, sustainable and affordable homes for the benefit of people in the North West and the North East. I also believe strongly that we can continue to provide outstanding services for residents and make a significant difference to the communities in which we work

“For almost forty years, Two Castles has provided and managed good quality, affordable homes in the communities that most need it. I am looking forward to continuing and building on this success.”

Two Castles Housing Association was hailed as shining examples of best practice in a new guide launched by His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales earlier last month.

The Affordable Rural Housing Initiative, run by Business in the Community, produced the design guide to highlight examples of best practice for developers, builders and local authorities. It highlighted Two Castles Housing Association as an exceptional provider of good quality affordable, sustainable homes in rural communities.

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