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 …

Nesil Caliskan, Member of Parliament for Barking, lays out how the Government's Planning and Infrastructure Bill will help to address the housing crisis.

Paul Brannen lays out how the Government's plans for housing should factor in construction with timber to mitigate the environmental impact of construction.

Ben Twomey, Chief Executive of Generation Rent, argues that a lack of measures on affordability in the Renters' Rights Bill will hamper attempts to reduce the cost of renting.

Cllr Ezra Cohen lays out how the Government can speed up the pace of housebuilding with existing rules rather than relying on new powers.

Owen Jarvis, CEO of the UK Co-Housing Network, lays out how co-operatives, community land trusts and cohousing form a coherent whole and how Labour can support the sector

As Labour looks to reinvigorate its New Towns and urban extensions agenda, author Paul Smith revisits the lessons which can be learned from the Hartcliffe urban extension in Bristol.

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

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.