[5] On 15 October 2007, Yvette Cooper announced that the Government accepted the recommendation of the Cave Review to transfer the Corporation's regulatory powers to an independent body, subsequently named as the Tenant Services Authority (TSA).

[9] Housing minister Grant Shapps announced early on that the TSA would be abolished as part of the cull of quangos by the coalition government after the 2010 general election.

[13] The HCA's Kickstart programme provided grants to developers in order to rescue stalled projects during the Great Recession, helping to maintain employment and output of new homes.

[21] It planned to "significantly increase" housing delivery across South East England and to provide "additional professional skills capacity" for councils.

[22] In August 2019, Lister stepped down as chair of Homes England to focus on a newly created role as chief strategic adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

[37] L&G Modular Homes halted production in May 2023, blaming planning delays and the COVID-19 pandemic for its failure,[38][39] with the enterprise incurring total losses over seven years of £295M.

"[43] Millions of pounds of public money had been invested, but "Homes England has not given any clear metrics as to how success is to be measured and over what timescale".

[44][45] In late March 2024, housing minister Lee Rowley told the Lords Committee that the government would be reviewing its MMC policies in light of the crisis in the volumetric house-building sector.

Homes England said it had written to 90 householders; however a freedom of information request found over 500 microplots for sale in the Redditch and Bromsgrove boroughs.