Our workers staff
Chris Bailey: Campaigns Supervisor
chris.bailey(at)emptyhomes.com
Chris joined Motion on Empty Properties in November 2017. His background is in communications and community-based regeneration. Chris presently leads a mission housing improvement in London and the way this might ship higher for these in housing want. He additionally works on the influence of Airbnb and brief allows taking housing out of residential use and on the evaluation and interpretation of nationwide housing statistics.
Brighid Carey: Consultancy and Tasks Supervisor 
brighid.carey(at)emptyhomes.com
Brighid joined Motion on Empty Properties in Could 2016 as mission supervisor to ship a examine focussed on bringing empty houses into use by means of community-based approaches. Brighid developed our Group Motion on Empty Properties Toolkit as a useful resource for native authorities and neighborhood teams. Brighid is presently main a feasibility examine to judge the viability of community-led Retrofit Empty Properties Motion Partnerships.
Rebecca Moore: Director
rebecca.moore(at)emptyhomes.com
Rebecca joined Motion on Empty Properties in December 2022. She has a different background in community-led tasks, social enterprise, schooling and coaching, literature and the humanities.
Jack Portman: Mission Assist Officer
jack.portman[@]emptyhomes.com
Jack joined Motion on Empty Properties in September 2022 as Mission Assist Officer. He’s presently serving to to ship a feasibility examine revolving round community-led house retrofitting and the re-utilization of empty houses. Jack additionally helps help Motion on Empty Properties’ involvement within the International Empty Properties Community.
Our Board
Alice Brownfield 
Alice is a certified Architect and Affiliate Director at Peter Barber Architects, a number one UK architectural follow specialising in housing and homeless amenities. She has additionally taught at various colleges of structure and is presently a visiting critic at The Welsh College of Structure, Cardiff College.
Ken Cheung
Ken Cheung joined the Motion on Empty Properties board in November 2020. His background is in psychological well being and he presently works at an NHS psychological well being service as an Assistant Psychologist. Ken is serious about addressing the rise in empty houses and its influence on communities, wellbeing and psychological well being.
Rebecca Eng 
Rebecca, our vice-chair, is an architect working in heritage and conservation. She has expertise of working with Native Authorities, Housing Associations, residents’ teams and charities on housing and community-use tasks.
Steve Fox
Steve is our present Chair. He’s an Architect and Business Supervisor at Manalo & White Architects, a London follow with a variety of specialisations. He has over 25 years {of professional} expertise working within the UK and internationally. He’s an energetic housing campaigner and has just lately labored with campaigning teams in Islington and Hackney.
Debbie Humphry
Debbie is a tutorial who does analysis on housing, neighborhood planning and neighbourhoods. Presently, she is a analysis fellow on the Open College, a bit editor for Metropolis: evaluation of city change, idea, motion and does campaigning/volunteering work for Properties for All and Streets Kitchen. She has a background in neighborhood work and photo-journalism.
Rex McKenzie
Rex is a tutorial economist at Kingston College, London. He has additionally held Lecturer, Assistant Professor and Senior Researcher posts in Economics on the College of Know-how, Kingston, Jamaica; Buy School, SUNY, New York, USA; and College of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Earlier than academia he labored as knowledgeable Overseas Alternate Supplier for sixteen years and this skilled expertise has framed his analysis, which is often in regards to the relationship between excessive finance and social inequality. His present analysis focus is on offshore funding in city actual property within the UK.
Emmanuel Unuigboje
Emmanuel joined the Motion on Empty Properties board in November 2020. His background is in Actual Property and presently works as a RICS residential surveyor. He’s obsessed with individuals and communities, and is motivated by the problem of tackling empty houses and bringing extra again to make use of.
