About us

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Place Base’s co-founder is Jamie Ratcliff.

Jamie has over twenty years senior experience in the housing industry working in the public and not-for-profit sectors in local, national and regional roles. Most recently Jamie has worked in a range of executive positions for large housing associations and before that was responsible for housin

Place Base’s co-founder is Jamie Ratcliff.

Jamie has over twenty years senior experience in the housing industry working in the public and not-for-profit sectors in local, national and regional roles. Most recently Jamie has worked in a range of executive positions for large housing associations and before that was responsible for housing for the current and previous Mayor of London. He has also worked for what is now Homes England and Norwich City Council.   Jamie is an innovative thinker, renowned strategist and ‘super-connector’ with an outstanding professional network. 

He has overseen the delivery of affordable homes for over 150,000 people, established a charitable subsidiary which aims to create £1bn of social value in a decade, led media and political engagement for the G15 largest London housing associations, was lead officer for two London Housing Strategies, supported improvement to high levels 

He has overseen the delivery of affordable homes for over 150,000 people, established a charitable subsidiary which aims to create £1bn of social value in a decade, led media and political engagement for the G15 largest London housing associations, was lead officer for two London Housing Strategies, supported improvement to high levels of colleague and resident satisfaction, started the first social housing scheme to win the Stirling Prize for architecture, oversaw the creation of the first criminal landlord database and personally negotiated to secure £5bn of government investment.