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How social landlords can support residents and reduce health inequalities
In a conversation with Connie Jennings, Director of Stronger Communities at whg, Red Brick Editor Alex Toal looks at how active interventions by a social landlord can improve resident outcomes
This World Homelessness Day let’s raise our ambitions
Matt Downie, Chief Executive of Crisis, lays out a 5-point plan to meaningfully tackle homelessness, from a focus on outcomes to prioritising prevention.
Labour has a proud record of halving homelessness – three steps which will enable us to do it again
John Glenton, Executive Director of Care and Support at Riverside, writes on how ring-fenced homelessness funding, social housebuilding targets and better use of existing stock, can help to halve homelessness
What should be in the Labour Government’s NPPF?
A recent Labour Housing Group featuring Russell Curtis (RCKa Architects), Rachael Williamson (CIH), Tom Chance (CLT Network) and Cllr Shama Tatler (London Borough of Brent) covered what the NPPF is, and what should be in it.
Funding the social housing revolution – what the sector needs
Kate Henderson, Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation, writes on the support the social housing sector needs to deliver Labour's promise of "the biggest boost to social housing in a generation"
Delivering Labour’s Council house mission
Paul Dimoldenberg, Cabinet member for City Management and Air Quality at Westminster City Council and author of ‘Building the New Jerusalem: How Attlee’s Government built 1 million new homes’ writes on how Labour can fulfil its mission to deliver a new generation of council housing and support its overall housing goals.
Letter to the editor: Building the Affordable Homes we need
In Red Brick's first 'Letter to the editor', Paul Brocklehurst, chair of the Land, Planning and Development Federation, writes on how government policy can help to deliver a new generation of affordable homes.
Labour Conference 2024: What’s going on for housing?
Red Brick editor Alex Toal looks ahead to what is going on for housing at the upcoming Labour Party Conference.
Delivering a Fairer Housing in Westminster
Cllr Ellie Ormsby (Deputy Cabinet Member for Housing Improvement and Procurement) & Cllr Liza Begum (Cabinet Member for Housing) write on the progress the new Labour Council in Westminster has made on housing since coming into power in 2022.
Planning reforms for small and community-led builders
Tom Chance, Chief Executive of the Community Land Trusts Network, makes the case for reducing uncertainty in the planning system to encourage smaller businesses to build more homes.
The first consumer inspection reports: what they tell us
Social housing consultant Roger Jarman reviews recent judgements from the Regulator of Social Housing and what they mean for the new inspection regime.
Seven years after Grenfell: Labour must end the cladding scandal
Jennifer Frame, a former resident of Richmond House in Worcester Park, which was destroyed by a fire two years after Grenfell, and a campaigner with End Our Cladding Scandal, outlines the continuing issue with unsafe cladding on buildings across the country and what the new Government must do to address it.
Commemorating the centenary of Labour’s first Housing Act
On the centenary of its passage, Dr John Temple reviews the background and achievements of the Wheatley Housing Act.
Fast wins for more homes: how Labour can champion infill development
Kane Emerson, Head of Housing Research at YIMBY Alliance, makes the case for how encouraging infill development could unlock 30,000 additional homes per year built by SMEs in high-productivity areas with reduced environmental impact.
A King’s Speech with hope for housing
Labour Housing Group Vice-Chair Alison Inman writes on the King's Speech, the changes since the last time Labour was able to deliver a programme in government, and the hope ahead for housing.
The housing election that wasn’t
Red Brick editor Alex Toal asks why housing was so absent from the election campaign, and what housing campaigners can do to put it in the post-election agenda.
What could the next government do on housing in its first 100 days?
Rachael Williamson, Head of policy and external affairs at Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) lays out what the next government could do in its first 100 days to tackle the housing crisis.
Election 2024: 8 Prospective MPs who will tackle the housing crisis
As the general election approaches, a new generation of MPs appears on the horizon to take the mantle of solving the country’s greatest crises. Every new and returning Labour MP will bring a wealth of experience and specialisms to help in their area of interest, along with to represent their constituents more broadly. But we at Red Brick, …
A bold housing strategy means tackling more than building
Addressing the UK’s housing crisis means facing its drivers head-on – the decimation of council housing stock, a deregulated private rented sector, and financial and fiscal policies that have for decades incentivised the use of homes as financial assets.
“But what will Labour do differently?”
As the general election nears, Red Brick Editor Alex Toal outlines the dividing lines between Labour and Conservatives in housing policy, and how to answer that most important question from voters.

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Labour Housing Group
Labour Housing Group20 hours ago
Labour has a proud record of halving homelessness – three steps which will enable us to do it again

Read this important Red Brick from John Glenton of Riverside

Labour Housing Group
Labour Housing Group2 days ago
"The pledge to build 1.5 million homes over the next 5 years offers the foundation for a breakthrough on homelessness."

Matt Downie lays out a 5-point plan to tackle homelessness, from a focus on outcomes to prioritising prevention.

https://redbrickblog.co.uk/2024/10/this-world-homelessness-day-lets-raise-our-ambitions/