She then worked for 10 years as Sheffield City Council's Executive Director of housing and community care where she was involved in the regeneration of Park Hill estate by Urban Splash.
[5] While working her way through the ranks she studied part-time at Birmingham University and gained an MBA in public sector management.
[6] In 2009, the Anglo Irish Bank, which was funding half of the £200 million need for Trinity Walk shopping centre, Wakefield, collapsed and the developer, Modus, went into administration.
[7] Roney devised a rescue package of new finance and in 2010, the scheme was sold to a consortium (Sovereign Land, AREA Property Partners, and Shepherd Construction).
[8] She helped the council to create its own housing company, Bridge Homes, in joint partnership with WDH construction in 2014.