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Tom Chance, Chief Executive of the Community Land Trusts Network, makes the case for reducing uncertainty in the planning system to encourage smaller businesses to build more homes.
Social housing consultant Roger Jarman reviews recent judgements from the Regulator of Social Housing and what they mean for the new inspection regime.
Jennifer Frame, a former resident of Richmond House in Worcester Park, which was destroyed by a fire two years after Grenfell, and a campaigner with End Our Cladding Scandal, …
Kane Emerson, Head of Housing Research at YIMBY Alliance, makes the case for how encouraging infill development could unlock 30,000 additional homes per year built by SMEs in high-productivity …
Labour Housing Group Vice-Chair Alison Inman writes on the King's Speech, the changes since the last time Labour was able to deliver a programme in government, and the hope …
Red Brick editor Alex Toal asks why housing was so absent from the election campaign, and what housing campaigners can do to put it in the post-election agenda.
Rachael Williamson, Head of policy and external affairs at Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) lays out what the next government could do in its first 100 days to tackle …