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All of our writers are volunteers, and range in experience from first-time writers to experienced experts in the housing space.

Any news articles (factual and descriptive pieces detailing current events in housing) should be between 500 and 750 words.

Any opinion pieces should be between 600 and 900 words.

 Any interview pieces should be between 600 and 1,000 words.

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Addressing the building safety crisis in the 10-year plan for housing
Peter Apps outlines the scale of the building safety crisis still facing medium and high rise buildings and what the Government needs to do to address this.
It’s time to move away from leasehold in older people’s housing
Sarina Kiayani, Policy and External Affairs Manager at ARCO, sets out how the Government can improve housing provision for older people with a new bespoke tenure for them.
Letters to the editor
Red Brick's letters page is open to anyone with any quick-fire thoughts on housing. If you want your letter published get in touch with us at [email protected]!
A ten-year plan for community-led housing
In order to truly diversify the housing sector, Tom Chance argues, the Government needs to remove barriers in the planning system, and to incentivise funding of and partnership with …
Why we urgently need to start climate proofing our homes
Matthew Scott, senior policy and practice officer at the Chartered Institute of Housing, sets out the imperative climate and economic case to ensure that our homes are ready for …
Reforming the housing association model in the 10-year plan for housing
The housing association model needs shaking up to address the challenges of retrofitting the oldest and draftiest homes in Europe, while delivering a generational boost in social housing, Sovereign …
How Labour’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill will get Britain building again
Kane Emerson, Head of Housing Research at YIMBY Alliance, lays out just how the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will supercharge the delivery of housing.
How to increase housebuilding by adopting the 15-minute city
City building specialist Simon Barrow looks at how the concept of the 15-minute city and 20-minute neighbourhood can improve wellbeing and social connectivity