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The company was launched through an initial public offering with financial backing from the Homes and Communities Agency in 2017. [3] Stephen Smith was appointed chair at the time of the launch. [4]
In April 2023, the company confirmed that it had completed 5,000 houses, making it the holder of the UK's largest portfolio of build to rent single family houses. [5]
However, in August 2024, a group of shareholders holding 17.3% of the company, who were concerned about the large discount of share price to net asset value, sought an extraordinary meeting seeking to remove the chair and to instigate a strategic review. [6] [7] [8]
In September 2024, the company announced that Smith would step down and Geeta Nanda will become interim chair in December 2024. As a result of this, the dissenting shareholders withdrew their request for an extraordinary general meeting. [9] [10] [11]
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