Paul has worked extensively in private sector housing renewal with a brief period in housing management before settling into housing strategy and policy in 1998. He enjoyed a short secondment to the Housing Corporation in 1999, and has headed up a strategic housing service since 2003. In 2009 he took up the post of Director of Housing at Manchester City Council. In the 4 years he has been with the City council, he has overseen two award winning developments using Local Authority Newbuild funding; development and implementation of a new forward thinking City Wide Allocations scheme called Manchester Move; the successful transfer of the West Gorton estate; the development of the first UK local government pension investment in residential development; and an acclaimed Strategic Housing Partnership. He is currently working on delivering one of the last housing PFI's available to the Council and devceloping the City's approach to scaling up residential growth. In this time he has also been working part time for the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities as a housing specialist, advising on the housing aspects of the Combined Authority status and more recently the Deal for Cities. Paul continues in his role as AGMA lead on housing and is keen to develop further the level of collaboration and joint working through Local Investment Planning and the opportunities opened up by the scale of Greater Manchester for more effective investment.
