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Ending rough sleeping can be achieved under Labour
Emily Darlington, Member of Parliament for Milton Keynes Central and Chair of the Backbench Committee for the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government, lays out how national Government can learn from Milton Keynes' success to address rough sleeping
Fix renting to fix lives
Dr Beth Kitson, Research and Policy Analyst at PBE, explores how renters are not just paying more in rent, but also paying the price in lower wellbeing. Housing reform is not only about correcting markets, it's about improving people’s everyday lives.
Tackling second homes and short-term lets is key to addressing rural inequality
Jayne Kirkham, Member of Parliament for Truro and Falmouth, lays out the issues which second homes and short-term lets pose to rural communities and the tools local authorities need to address them
‘So what has Labour done differently?’ – 50 housing wins from Labour’s first year in power
From planning for 1.5 million homes to a generational boost in social housing, improving building safety and fixing flawed tenures, Labour's first year in office has marked a step change in addressing the housing crisis.
Ending out-of-borough temporary accommodation must be a key part of Labour’s mission
Naushabah Khan, Member of Parliament for Gillingham and Rainham and member of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee, sets out the national issue of out-of-borough temporary accommodation, and what Labour can do to address this.
Safe as houses: how this Government is putting building safety at the top of the agenda.
Dr Darren Paffey, Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen, lays out the previous Government's failures in tackling the building safety crisis and what Labour is doing to grips with this pressing issue.
Can building homes help Labour beat populism?
Lauren Edwards, Member of Parliament for Rochester and Strood and Chair of the APPG for Skills, Careers and Employment, sets out how Labour's active skills policy in construction can help to generate the jobs and prosperity needed to beat populism.
New Towns are a Labour success story – now these young towns need Labour again
Shaun Davies, Member of Parliament for Telford, and Co-Chair of the New Towns Network, looks back at Labour's achievements with New Towns and sets out their potential under this Government.
The Supported Housing Act needs to back good providers
While Emmaus UK’s research shows strong support for new supported housing standards, the government needs to think further to ensure good providers do not suffer unintended consequences
Not so nimby after all?
Ben Marshall, Research Director at Ipsos, digs into the polling around support for new homes and the public’s views on how homes should be built, and how it should shape Labour’s housing agenda.
Foundations for the Future: how can new delivery models help to mitigate the housing emergency?
Jack Pringle, Chair of the Board of the Royal Institute of British Architects, lays out the potential of new delivery models to deliver much-needed social homes.
Get on and build
Town planner Mary Elkington of Figura Planning Ltd explains a bit about the speed of housebuilding today and how the government’s proposed approaches speeding of housing delivery may be one part of the answer.
Thirty years of challenging the public borrowing rules
John Perry and Steve Hilditch look back at past debates about how housing financing should fit within the Government's fiscal rules.
Building 1.5m homes with a skills shortage: strategies to alleviate labour demand
City building specialist Simon Barrow lays out how the Government can reduce the demand on the UK's stretched construction workforce through Modern Methods of Construction, self-build homes, utilising private consultancy and simplifying planning.
Housing issues loomed large in Australia’s Labor’s historic election win
Professor Hal Pawson of the University of New South Wales, Sydney, lays out the housing undercurrents of Australia's recent election and the way forward for a second Albanese term.
Labour’s opportunity to disrupt housing taxation
Red Brick Editor Alex Toal looks into how reforming how our homes are taxed could represent a political opportunity for Labour.
Bricks, Mortar, and the People to Lay Them
Tom Arey, director at PfP Thrive, lays out the challenges faced by organisations aiming to address the skills shortages in housing and what can be done to attract more people to the sector.
Reforming Section 106 is crucial for a generational boost in social housing
The existing system to fund social housing from developer contributions, the New Economics Foundation's Hollie Wright shows, is too loose and needs clearer requirements and greater transparency.
How can we address the current crisis in temporary accommodation?
Crisis CEO Matt Downie sets out how more investment in social housing, improved data collection and a focus on prevention can ensure that temporary accommodation is truly temporary.
A plan to boost skills in the construction industry to deliver 1.5m homes
City building specialist Simon Barrow lays out what government, employers and educators need to do to address the skills shortage in construction.
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