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.
Please follow Red Brick’s style guide when writing articles. Any articles with repeated breaches of the style guide will be sent back to writers to redraft.
Mike Reader, Member of Parliament for Northampton South, sets out the path for fixing the Section 106 process through standardisation and national leadership
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
