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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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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.
We need to talk about Section 106… again
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 …
How Labour can turn housing outputs into electoral outcomes
For Labour to make political hay from its housing achievements, it must focus directly addressing the cost of living and vested interests in housing.
Working together, government and the housing sector can build on our proud record of improving the quality of people’s homes
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 …
Now is the time for the government to show its commitment for more supported housing
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 …
Domestic abuse as a driver of homelessness among women and children
Branwen Evans, Group Director of Policy at Places for People, calls for a joined-up approach by the housing sector on tackling domestic abuse.