19 March 2025

Alistair is Director of Policy and Research at the National Housing Federation. He spoke with Patrick Merton-Jones about why he's looking forward to the conference in June.

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Alistair Smyth

Director of Policy and Research, National Housing Federation

Alistair has worked in the social housing sector for the last 16 years in a wide range of roles and organisations including a previous spell at the NHF from 2014 to 2017. Prior to that, he worked as a consultant on a range of neighbourhood and community empowerment projects. He also spent three years working in a customer-facing role as a Neighbourhood Manager and as Assistant Head of Neighbourhoods for Peabody. He is currently the Vice Chair of the Chartered Institute of Housing’s Policy Advisory Committee.

He is chair of Housing Governance 2025.

Interview with Alistair Smyth, 2025 conference chair