Equality and diversity
The equality and diversity policies of Homes England.
Our colleagues are our greatest asset, and we want our Agency to reflect and inspire the diverse communities we’re proud to work with across the country, driving the creation of more high-quality homes and thriving places.
Our annual Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Reports will continue to ensure both focus and progress, with clear priority areas and delivery values underpinned by a measurable action plan.
Our public sector equality duty
As a public body the Equality Act 2010 requires us to meet certain statutory duties. These duties are unique to equality law because they give public bodies a legal responsibility to take proactive measures to address inequality.
View Equality Act 2010 on legislation.gov.uk.
The purpose of the statutory duty framework is to assist public bodies to tackle persistent and long-standing issues of disadvantage.
The general duty requires us to give due regard to equality in the way we go about our business as an investor, enabler, regulator and employer. In doing this we must take steps to:
- eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct prohibited by the Act
- advance equality of opportunity between people
- foster good relations between people
We are also required to meet a specific equality duty which only applies to public bodies like local authorities, schools, government bodies and the police.
This requires us to demonstrate how we deliver equality outcomes by:
- publishing annual equality information which enables the public to hold us to account
- publishing equality objectives
Our annual equality information can be found in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Report 2024 to 2025.
The report also contains our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) objectives for 2024 to 2025.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion objectives and priority areas
Our new overarching objectives are:
- leadership commitment and action
- colleague experience: Building a Brilliant Place to Work
Our priority areas of focus are:
- improve gender representation, opportunities and pay
- improve ethnicity representation, opportunities and pay
- improve Disability and Carers support and working environment
- improving our equality, diversity and inclusion culture
If you have any questions, contact enquiries@homesengland.gov.uk.