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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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Spatial Development Strategies are a critical part of the Government’s planning reforms – but why?
Planning expert Catriona Riddell explains how strategic planning will transform places and underpin the role of mayors in the planning system
Britain Needs Better Homes
Ben Cooper, Head of the Fabian Housing Centre on how Labour has raised the quality of homes while building more before – and can do again
Andy Burnham’s Housing First philosophy
Fiona Colley from Homeless Link and Francesca Albanese from Crisis on what Andy's Burnham's call for a "national Housing First philosophy" means for England
Why the growing consensus on rent controls shows us now is the time to act
Darren Baxter, Principal Policy Adviser at JRF, writes for Red Brick about new analysis on landlord profits and rent controls
Can England afford (not) to build council homes?
Red Brick editor Rose Grayston demystifies the impact of council housing on public debt
Designing rent controls for England
Tazu Walden is a researcher in the economy and environment team at IPPR. With 45 per cent of all private renters in the UK struggling with unaffordable rents, she …
Housing-led regeneration has untapped potential to tackle the housing crisis and to build a thriving North
Northern Housing Consortium Chief Executive Tracy Harrison shares key findings from the Renew inquiry report ‘Unlocking over 500,000 good quality homes in the North’. The report launched in parliament …
Regeneration means delivering for northern communities
Andrew Cooper is MP for Mid Cheshire and Chair of the Renew Westminster Group. Ahead of the parliamentary launch of the inquiry’s interim report ‘Unlocking over 500,000 good quality …