Episode 76

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28th Oct 2025

Why Work in Public Sector Housing Delivery? - London Borough of Sutton

What makes working in public-sector housing special?

Shivam Tandale, an LSE urban-planning graduate, asks Adam Tucker, Sutton’s Head of Housing Regeneration, why he should build his career in local-government housing delivery.


Adam explains the attraction: the satisfaction of building homes people genuinely need, the creativity of working with fewer resources, and the chance to make a visible difference in residents’ lives.


“If I work 40 hours a week, I walk home knowing I’ve helped deliver homes people really need.”


🎥 Part of 1.5 Million New Homes: The Local Government Challenge, sponsored by Red Loft and Lovell.


#Sutton #HousingDelivery #PublicSectorCareers #LocalGovernment #AffordableHousing #GraduatesInHousing #1Point5MillionNewHomes

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1.5m New Homes
Asking what works and what doesn’t in getting new homes built
Each month at 1.5M New Homes, journalist and consultant Toby Fox will be visiting a different council in England to ask what works and what doesn’t in getting new homes built. He'll also be asking what it takes to build a career in public sector housing delivery.

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