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A 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.
The 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
The 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.
More Homes, Less Motor Traffic: Can We Have Both?
Roger Geffen lays out how the government can encourage building at gentle densities to discourage car use while meeting their housing goals
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.

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Labour Housing Group7 days ago
LHG Policy Day: Influencing Labour’s Planning Policies

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Labour Housing Group1 week ago
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