Interim CEO
Ben Wilson was appointed interim Homes Tasmania CEO on 13 February 2026.
He is motivated to ensure that every Tasmanian has a roof over their head so that they can lead a safe and secure life.
Ben has extensive experience in the residential construction sector in Tasmania and in delivering social housing through the community housing sector having been the CEO of Centacare Evolve Housing for several years.
Prior to that, Ben was part owner and CEO of Tasmanian residential building company Wilson Homes.
He was the founding CEO of Tasmania’s first building and construction social enterprise, St Joseph Affordable Homes, where he employed over 40 young Tasmanians from disadvantaged backgrounds into building and construction apprenticeships.
He was previously the Tasmanian President of the Housing Industry Association, has held board positions on Keystone Tasmania (previously the Tasmanian Building and Construction Training Board) and is passionate about providing employment outcomes within the building and construction sector.
As interim CEO, Ben will build on the work and leadership shown during his time as Chair of the Homes Tasmania Board, focusing on delivering more social and affordable housing supply for Tasmanians in need.
Our organisational structure
Our business is delivered across three service delivery programs and is supported by three enabling services.
Community Infrastructure
The Community Infrastructure program delivers strategic and operational asset management functions, including asset planning and procurement, maintenance, capital upgrading, and construction for properties owned in full by Homes Tasmania or on behalf of other Tasmanian Government agencies.
The program is also responsible for Homes Tasmania’s home ownership assistance program MyHome.
Housing Policy and Programs
The Housing Policy and Programs unit performs the core system management functions of strategy and planning, purchasing, performance management, monitoring, reporting, and analysis for housing and homelessness services in Tasmania.
The branch is responsible for partnerships with housing support providers, community housing providers and community support services to achieve positive outcomes for people accessing housing assistance in Tasmania.
The unit was also responsible for leading the development of the whole-of-government Tasmanian Housing Strategy.
Tenancy Services
Tenancy Services provides tenancy management services for Tasmania’s public housing, which is around half of all social housing stock in the state. These services include:
- allocations
- lease sign-ups and renewals
- rent management
- property inspections
- tenancy issues, including tenancy interviews to help sustain tenancies.
Tenancy Services works in accordance with the Homes Tasmania Act 2022 and the Residential Tenancy Act to help those Tasmanians in greatest need access and sustain safe, affordable and appropriate housing for the duration of their need.
Office of the Chief Executive Officer
The Office of the Chief Executive Officer provides corporate and governance services to support the operations of Homes Tasmania, including:
- supporting the Homes Tasmania CEO, Executive and Board
- coordinating the workflow between Homes Tasmania and the Minister’s Office
- coordinating public communications, media, public relations and stakeholder engagement strategy.
The Office of the CEO also delivers human resource-related activity and recruitment services, and ensures Homes Tasmania meets its health, safety and wellbeing responsibilities.
Information and Technology Management Services
This unit provides data and information management, business applications and technology support and administration, and technology-driven projects that enable Homes Tasmania to achieve its objectives with a digital operating environment that supports the organisation’s plans and strategies.
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
This unit provides budget development, management and monitoring, internal and external reporting, and coordinates our statutory financial reporting obligations, and coordinates our statutory reporting obligations, risk management, interaction with statutory agencies (eg Ombudsman) and Right to Information requests.