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Why managing agents must finally be regulated
Danny Beales MP wants action for millions of leaseholders at risk from unregulated managing agents.
England’s Leasehold Reforms Risk Harming Community Land Trusts
Tom Chance, CEO at the Community Land Trust Network, urges Ministers to take action to protect Community Land Trusts when reforming England’s feudal leasehold system
Boosting housing supply in Australia and Canada: much more than planning de-regulation
Hal Pawson (University of New South Wales) and Steve Pomeroy (McMaster University) discuss the range of housing policies at play in Australia and Canada, and lessons for the UK
Why the construction sector needs social housing
In her first post as Red Brick editor, Rose Grayston sets out how the UK’s stop-start housing model is holding back construction – and how large-scale social housebuilding can fix it.
A new generation of new towns in England
Nick Raynsford, former Labour minister and member of the government’s New Towns Taskforce, sets out the challenges and opportunities of a new generation of New Towns at the launch of CIH's Housing Review 2026
Delivering 1.5m new homes: setting up new development corporations – a blueprint for success
City building specialist Simon Barrow sets up how new development corporations can be set up to support the Government's 1.5 million home mission
Standardising Section 106 agreements is overdue. Making it stick will be harder.
Mike Reader, Member of Parliament for Northampton South, sets out the path for fixing the Section 106 process through standardisation and national leadership
Labour’s Commonhold Bill is the start of the end of the leasehold nightmare
Red Brick editor Alex Toal sets out what is in Labour's new Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill and what else the Government is doing to end the many problems inherent in leasehold.
Delivering 1.5 million homes: transforming the vision into reality with a Target Operating Model
What is a Target Operating Model and Why is it Needed A Target Operating Model (TOM) is a comprehensive strategic framework designed to align an organisation’s structure, functions, and processes with its overarching vision and mission. It serves as a blueprint for organising resources, workflows, and capabilities in the most effective way to support long-term goals, operational excellence, …
The Future of Home Buying: Can the government finally fix England’s broken housing transaction system?
Angela Hesketh, Head of Government and Public Affairs at PEXA, sets out how the Government can simplify the home buying process to lower costs and provide certainty to consumers
Labour’s shift to homelessness prevention is a crucial opportunity for councils
Greg Hurst, director of communications and public engagement at the Centre for Homelessness Impact, sets out how local and regional leaders must test and learn to make the use of the Government's additional funding towards homelessness prevention.
The homelessness strategy must tackle surging rough sleeping
Josh Nicholson, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Justice, looks to the upcoming homelessness strategy as the number of individuals experiencing rough sleeping continues to increase.
Lessons learned from Australia: maximising the economic benefits of the £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme
Simon Barrow looks internationally at Australian Labor's Social Housing Initiative and what the Government can learn in implementing the Social and Affordable Homes Programme
Abolish Private Landlords?
Paul Smith questions the Green Party's plans to "abolish private landlords" and whether severely clamping down on the private rented sector is workable policy
The Retrofit Challenge: Why Leasehold Flats Risk Being Left Behind
Amanda Hack MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Future Homes, Skills and Innovation, looks at the challenges behind decarbonising flats in a leasehold environment
Autumn Budget 2025: Five priorities to turn the corner on the housing crisis
Rachael Williamson, Director of policy, communications and external affairs at the Chartered Institute of Housing, sets out how the upcoming Autumn Budget can support Labour's plans to address the housing crisis.
Safe homes for survivors of domestic abuse – what does Labour need to do?
Jess Asato, Member of Parliament for Lowestoft, calls for a whole housing approach with ring-fenced funding to ensure that survivors of domestic abuse get the support they need
Britain is losing the spaces that hold us together. Housing can provide the spaces we so urgently need
Owen Jarvis, Chief Executive of the UK Cohousing Network, sets out how community led housing can revitalise our neighbourhoods after years of neglect
Partnership and co-ordination will unlock success for Labour’s new New Towns.
Labour's New Towns vision, MTVH Chief Executive Mel Barrett writes, needs to be one forged in partnership with social housing providers and existing communities.
Why councils hold the key to building 1.5 million new homes
Toby Fox, Author of 1.5 Million New Homes, lays out the barriers at a local level to local authorities in their role of delivering new homes on the ground.
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