Housing leaders recognised in New Year honours list

Five housing executives and a professor of economics and housing policy have been awarded medals in the New Year honours list.

Bob Green, chief executive officer of Stonewall Housing services, has been awarded an OBE for services to LGBT communities.

Keith Loraine, former chief executive of Isos Housing, receives an OBE for services to housing and the community in north-east England. Loraine worked at the organisation for 24 years, and was chief executive for a decade.

Thomas Miskell, group chair of Accent Group and Northern Housing Consortium, has been awarded an OBE for services to housing associations in northern England. Until 2014, Miskell was chief executive of Together Housing Group.

Ian Munro, group chief executive of New Charter Group, receives an OBE for services to housing. Munro has held this position for 16 years, and is a former director of housing at Tamesside council, starting his career as a housing inspector in Kensington and Chelsea.

After retiring earlier this year, Professor Michael Williams has been awarded an OBE for services to health, housing and homeless people in Wales. As well as 35 years as chief executive of Grwp Gwalia Cyf, Williams has worked extensively in health in Wales, and is a visiting professor of social housing and care at the University of South Wales.

Paul Cheshire, professor of economic geography at the London School of Economics, receives a CBE for services to economics and housing. Cheshire has written extensively on planning issues, land use and regulation, and mixed communities.

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