Liz Peace, former chief executive of the British Property Federation and now senior independent governor at the RICS, is this week’s guest on the Home Truths podcast. 

Having focused on commercial property during her 13 years at the BPF until 2014, she has since taken up a series of high-profile roles including becoming the chair of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation, overseeing the delivery of thousands of homes in west London. 

She was also picked to chair the sponsor body overseeing the Palace of Westminster’s refurbishment in 2018. MPs later decided to disband the board – or, as Peace says in the interview, “Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Jacob Rees-Mogg said they wanted to take back control and do it themselves.” 

In today’s podcast she talks about the many housing and planning reviews she has witnessed during her time in the property industry, and how successive governments have failed to tackle the fundamental problems in the housing market.

Jackie Sadek and Peter Bill, the podcasts’ co-hosts, ask Peace to explain her proposed financial model that would leverage private finance in order to build more homes that would be genuinely affordable.

Here are some extracts from the interview, which is available to listen to via the player above or wherever you get your podcasts.