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January 17, 2025Social housing needs the Streeting treatment

Andy Bates looks into the need to focus social housing to empower and put tenants first in the model of Wes Streeting's NHS reforms, drawing from one of Streeting's heroes Tony Crosland.

January 15, 2025How the New Zealand retirement village model might work for the UK

John Collyns, former Executive Director of New Zealand’s Retirement Villages Association writes about the success of Retirement Villages in New Zealand and what the UK could learn from their experience.

January 10, 2025Will the Renters’ Rights Bill transform the Private Rented Sector?

Ahead of the Renters' Rights Bill's Third Reading on 14th January, Jacky Peacock lays out the changes it will introduce and the need for firm enforcement through the database established by the Bill.

January 7, 2025Is there hope for housing in the Lib Dems?

The Liberal Democrats certainly have a great deal of policy detail when it comes to housing, but their actions bely the behaviours of a protest party.

January 3, 2025Confessions of a baby boomer: How my generation contributed to our failing housing economy

Dave Treanor writes on how public policy over his generation has led to increased land and house prices

December 20, 2024The Government has a plan to build 1.5m homes – but what is the plan to heat them?

Pablo John writes on the need for the Government's housing ambition to be extended to decarbonising home heating.

December 17, 2024Kemi Badenoch’s shift right bodes ill for housing

Since the election, Badenoch has already shifted the Conservatives right on renters’ rights, housing delivery and migration, returning to the party to its days of more divisive rhetoric.

December 12, 2024Creating neighbourhoods, not just chasing targets, must be our planning ambition

In a week with much news for planning reform, Josh Nicholson, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Justice., makes the case for why neighbourhood creation must be a feature of planning

December 10, 2024A plan to boost construction industry capacity to deliver 1.5 million homes

City building specialist Simon Barrow details how government can make the most of the existing skills in the housing sector to deliver its construction ambitions

December 6, 2024Green populism will not solve the housing crisis

The Greens' housing platform represents a divisive attempt to find the housing crisis' villains rather than its solutions.

December 3, 2024A call for accessible housing

A powerful campaign led by a collaboration between Invisible Creations, PROCare and Foundations, the National body of home improvement, is urging housing providers across the UK to unite in creating homes that are truly fit for everyone’s future.

November 29, 2024Reform UK cannot win the argument on housing and migration

Reform UK's housing policy spreads disinformation on migration while helping to maintain the status quo behind the housing crisis.

November 26, 2024Modern Methods of Construction: A solution to the linked crises in housing and construction skills

To solve the housing crisis, innovative solutions are needed. How could Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) deliver homes faster and cheaper, with lower environmental costs?

November 23, 2024Letters to the editor

Red Brick's letters page is open to anyone with any quick-fire thoughts on housing. If you want your letter published get in touch with us at [email protected]!

November 19, 2024A pragmatic approach to social housing, what the industry needs to develop a new generation of quality homes at pace

How can innovative approaches deliver social housing faster and at lower cost? MMC initiatives like EDAROTH may be part of the answer.

November 5, 2024The Renters’ Rights Bill holds promise, but beware the tailless rats

Roz Spencer, Head of Service at Safer Renting, points the spotlight at a potentially worrying loophole in the Renters' Rights Bill where landlords can evict tenants when properties are in breach of housing law

October 30, 2024The Autumn Budget: What is in it for housing?

Red Brick's budget write-up contains all of the new announcements made by Rachel Reeves for housing.

October 18, 2024More Homes, Less Motor Traffic: Can We Have Both?

Roger Geffen from the Low Traffic Future Alliance lays out how the government can encourage building at gentle densities to discourage car use while meeting their housing goals

October 14, 2024How 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

October 10, 2024This 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.

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Labour Housing Group59 minutes ago

Join us online on 26 February at 6.30pm in conversation with Nic Bliss and Nigel Bowness of Stop Social Housing Stigma as we discuss the stigma too often attached to living in social housing

https://labourhousing.org/news/in-conversation-with-stop-social-housing-stigma-26-02-2025/

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Labour Housing Group3 days ago

With social housing stock diminished, rents and prices on the rise, and the under-regulated Wild Wests of private renting and leasehold, the housing dreams of most young people are increasingly hard to reach

Join us on 8 Feb for a day of discussion

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/young-lhg-conference-solving-the-housing-crisis-for-young-people-tickets-1113986707229?aff=oddtdtcreator

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