Standardising Section 106 agreements is overdue. Making it stick will be harder. - Red Brick

Mike Reader, Member of Parliament for Northampton South, sets out the path for fixing the Section 106 process through standardisation and national leadership

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Labour’s Commonhold Bill is the start of the end of the leasehold nightmare - Red Brick

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 inherent in leasehold.

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The Future of Home Buying: Can the government finally fix England’s broken housing transaction system? - Red Brick

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

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Labour's shift to homelessness prevention is a crucial opportunity for councils - Red Brick

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 of the Government's addi...

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Abolish Private Landlords? - Red Brick

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

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The Retrofit Challenge: Why Leasehold Flats Risk Being Left Behind - Red Brick

Amanda Hack MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Future Homes, Skills and Innovation, looks at the challenges behind decarbonising flats in a leasehold environment

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Autumn Budget 2025: Five priorities to turn the corner on the housing crisis - Red Brick

Rachael Williamson, Director of policy, communications and external affairs at the Chartered Institute of Housing, sets out how the upcoming Autumn Budget can support Labour's plans to address the hou...

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Autumn Budget 2025: Five priorities to turn the corner on the housing crisis - Red Brick

Rachael Williamson, Director of policy, communications and external affairs at the Chartered Institute of Housing, sets out how the upcoming Autumn Budget can support Labour's plans to address the hou...

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Safe homes for survivors of domestic abuse – what does Labour need to do? - Red Brick

Jess Asato, Member of Parliament for Lowestoft, calls for a whole housing approach with ring-fenced funding to ensure that survivors of domestic abuse get the support they need

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Britain is losing the spaces that hold us together. Housing can provide the spaces we so urgently need - Red Brick

Owen Jarvis, Chief Executive of the UK Cohousing Network, sets out how community led housing can revitalise our neighbourhoods after years of neglect

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Why councils hold the key to building 1.5 million new homes - Red Brick

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.

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We need to talk about Section 106… again - Red Brick

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 purpose.

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How Labour can turn housing outputs into electoral outcomes - Red Brick

For Labour to make political hay from its housing achievements, it must focus directly addressing the cost of living and vested interests in housing.

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A housing and climate win-win is available but is it on the government’s radar? - Red Brick

Paul Brannen lays out how the Government's plans for housing should factor in construction with timber to mitigate the environmental impact of construction.

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Will the Renters’ Rights Bill end the temporary accommodation crisis? - Red Brick

Ben Twomey, Chief Executive of Generation Rent, argues that a lack of measures on affordability in the Renters' Rights Bill will hamper attempts to reduce the cost of renting.

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Will the Renters’ Rights Bill end the temporary accommodation crisis? - Red Brick

Ben Twomey, Chief Executive of Generation Rent, argues that a lack of measures on affordability in the Renters' Rights Bill will hamper attempts to reduce the cost of renting.

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Speeding Up With Certainty - Red Brick

Cllr Ezra Cohen lays out how the Government can speed up the pace of housebuilding with existing rules rather than relying on new powers.

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Fix renting to fix lives - Red Brick

Dr Beth Kitson, Research and Policy Analyst at PBE, explores how renters are not just paying more in rent, but also paying the price in lower wellbeing. Housing reform is not only about correcting mar...

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Fix renting to fix lives - Red Brick

Dr Beth Kitson, Research and Policy Analyst at PBE, explores how renters are not just paying more in rent, but also paying the price in lower wellbeing. Housing reform is not only about correcting mar...

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Tackling second homes and short-term lets is key to addressing rural inequality - Red Brick

Jayne Kirkham, Member of Parliament for Truro and Falmouth, lays out the issues which second homes and short-term lets pose to rural communities and the tools local authorities need to address them

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‘So what has Labour done differently?’ - 50 housing wins from Labour's first year in power - Red Brick

From planning for 1.5 million homes to a generational boost in social housing, improving building safety and fixing flawed tenures, Labour's first year in office has marked a step change in addressing...

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‘So what has Labour done differently?’ - 50 housing wins from Labour's first year in power - Red Brick

From planning for 1.5 million homes to a generational boost in social housing, improving building safety and fixing flawed tenures, Labour's first year in office has marked a step change in addressing...

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Ending out-of-borough temporary accommodation must be a key part of Labour's mission - Red Brick

Naushabah Khan, Member of Parliament for Gillingham and Rainham and member of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee, sets out the national issue of out-of-borough temporary ac...

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Safe as houses: how this Government is putting building safety at the top of the agenda. - Red Brick

Dr Darren Paffey, Member of Parliament for Southampton Itchen, lays out the previous Government's failures in tackling the building safety crisis and what Labour is doing to grips with this pressing i...

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Can building homes help Labour beat populism?  - Red Brick

Lauren Edwards, Member of Parliament for Rochester and Strood and Chair of the APPG for Skills, Careers and Employment, sets out how Labour's active skills policy in construction can help to generate ...

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New Towns are a Labour success story – now these young towns need Labour again - Red Brick

Shaun Davies, Member of Parliament for Telford, and Co-Chair of the New Towns Network, looks back at Labour's achievements with New Towns and sets out their potential under this Government.

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The Supported Housing Act needs to back good providers - Red Brick

While Emmaus UK’s research shows strong support for new supported housing standards, the government needs to think further to ensure good providers do not suffer unintended consequences

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Not so nimby after all? - Red Brick

Ben Marshall, Research Director at Ipsos, digs into the polling around support for new homes and the public’s views on how homes should be built, and how it should shape Labour’s housing agenda.

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