Non-Executive DirectorPortrait of Steve McKinlay

Steve joined the trust as a Non-Executive Director in February 2022 and is currently chief executive of Tyne Housing Group.

He joined the Tyne team in early 2019 on the back of more than 20 years’ experience working with homeless people and 13 years’ experience in management and leadership.

Prior to joining Tyne, he held the position of area director (north) with Depaul UK, overseeing services such as supported and dispersed accommodation and prevention services.

Alongside this, Steve worked on secondment as a specialist adviser at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, acting as a local voice in national policy.

Within this role, he was able to help local authorities implement the Homelessness Reduction Act and the Rough Sleeping Initiative, which reversed the rising trend of people sleeping rough in England for the first time in a decade.