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

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

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

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.

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"

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.

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.

Red Brick editor Alex Toal looks ahead to what is going on for housing at the upcoming Labour Party Conference.

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.

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.

Social housing consultant Roger Jarman reviews recent judgements from the Regulator of Social Housing and what they mean for the new inspection regime.

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.

On the centenary of its passage, Dr John Temple reviews the background and achievements of the Wheatley Housing Act.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, …

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.

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.