16 September 2025
The National Smaller Housing Associations' Conference chair, Charmaine Simei disccused this with Ed Barber from the NHF. They asked what factors make up the environment for smaller providers and what a community-led approach might look like today.
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Charmaine Simei
Chief Executive, Tuntum Housing
Charmaine has been working in social housing and related fields for some 30 years.
Currently in role as CEO at Tuntum Housing based in Nottingham, a BME led organisation; Charmaine has enjoyed a varied and successful career working with some of the most marginalised and vulnerable communities within society.
In April 2021, she was voted 'Professional of the Year' at the Women in Housing Awards 2021, primarily for establishing the Community Investment arm at Longhurst Housing Association which had delivered over 18,000 support interventions at the time of her departure. Charmaine became the CEO of Tuntum Housing in October 2023 and has supported the organisation to regain its G1 rating.
A keen advocate for social justice and social mobility, Charmaine has previously been a mentor with the Housing Diversity Network and sat on a number of steering Groups including HACTs Racial Equality Group. She has recently stood down as a board member for Communities that Work and currently serves as an executive member of BME national.
