Natalie Elphicke is a national specialist in complex housing policy who, prior to her election to Parliament in 2019, advised central and local government over a number of years. This has included as an expert adviser to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on the development of the national strategy for estate regeneration, as well as the influential independent Elphicke-House Report 2015 on the role of local authorities in housing supply, which re-set the direction of government policy in this area.
Natalie’s professional background is as a barrister, solicitor and a law firm partner, where, as a top ranked UK lawyer she had been described as "probably the best in the City" in her specialist area of housing finance. She has held senior non-executive board director roles for many years, including as Chair of audit and risk committees at FTSE-250 equivalent companies.
Natalie’s other interests include voluntary work at her local homeless shelter and as a founder member of the Housing & Finance Institute. She was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2015 for her services to housing.
In view of her housing expertise, Natalie was appointed as the independent New Homes Quality Champion in summer 2019 and has overseen the strategic development and then implementation of the New Homes Quality Board and New Homes Ombudsman.
