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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Owen Jarvis, Chief Executive of the UK Cohousing Network, sets out how community led housing can revitalise our neighbourhoods after years of neglect

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.

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.

Fiona Fletcher-Smith, Group Chief Executive of L&Q, calls on developers to work more closely with affordable housing providers to ensure that homes built through Section 106 are fit for purpose.

For Labour to make political hay from its housing achievements, it must focus directly addressing the cost of living and vested interests in housing.

When it comes to improving people’s lives through better quality housing, the housing sector working in partnership with government has a record to be proud of. Since introducing the first Decent Homes Standard in 2000, more than three million homes have been improved to meet standards in decency, including more than one million social homes. Between 2000 and …

Since becoming Chief Executive of Riverside, I have been travelling the length and breadth of the country visiting the homes we provide and the amazing difference our care and support services make. Every day we see our services not only improve but turn people’s lives around and are a genuine lifeline for people. We know these services are …

Branwen Evans, Group Director of Policy at Places for People, calls for a joined-up approach by the housing sector on tackling domestic abuse.

The UK housing crisis has often been framed as a problem of supply, with the conversation frequently reduced to a question of how many homes can we build and how quickly. I would argue, that when we talk about social and affordable housing, the discussion should go far deeper.  Building homes is not just about the physical building; …

Rachel Blake, Member of Parliament for the Cities of London and Westminster, sets out the Government's progress in kickstarting a new generation of social homes, and looks to what more can be done to accelerate advancements in this key area.

Training skilled professionals will be essential to ensuring that Labour’s 1.5 million homes are of the quality homebuyers expect.

In my role with Homeless Link, I am fortunate enough to visit homelessness support and prevention services all over the country.  And each visit reinforces two twin beliefs. Firstly, our country faces a homelessness emergency. Secondly – but just as important – homelessness organisations (many of them amongst the  750+ Homeless Link members), with tens of thousands of …