Sarah Boden

Beginning her career as a housing officer, working to ease homelessness, Sarah has over 30 years' housing sector experience. Prior to becoming chief executive at Severnside, Sarah was responsible for development and business growth for a Kent based Group of Housing Associations, leading its geographic expansion and diversification. At Severnside for over 10 years, her leadership saw Severnside grow to become a successful, financially strong and diverse organisation. Sarah was appointed chief executive of the Housing Plus Group in 2016 and re-appointed in 2019 when the Group completed a successful merger with Stafford and Rural Homes. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing and former chair of both the NHF regional committee and the Shropshire Registered Social Landlord Forum. Passionate about housing and people, Sarah, is committed to ensuring that the group delivers its vision of ‘Making a positive difference to homes, lives and communities’.