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NEW | 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.

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

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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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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NEW | Will the Renters’ Rights Bill end the temporary accommodation crisis?

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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NEW | Fix renting to fix lives

Dr Beth Kitson 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 markets, it’s about improving people’s everyday lives.

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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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A new article from me for @redbrickblog.bsky.social about how construction skills, good jobs, and building homes - if done right - can help us to tackle the rise of populist parties like Reform 👇
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NEW | The Supported Housing Act needs to back good providers

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

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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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NEW | Not so nimby after all?

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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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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“At one time it was hard to find anyone on either government or opposition benches willing to speak up for council housing, now it is widely perceived as key to solving the UK’s housing crisis.”

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Thirty years of challenging the public borrowing rules - Red Brick
John Perry and Steve Hilditch look back at past debates about how housing financing should fit within the Government's fiscal rules.
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NEW | Foundations for the Future: how can new delivery models help to mitigate the housing emergency?

Jack Pringle, Chair of the Board of the Royal Institute of British Architects, lays out the potential of new delivery models to deliver much-needed social homes.

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Foundations for the Future: how can new delivery models help to mitigate the housing emergency? - Red Brick
Jack Pringle, Chair of the Board of the Royal Institute of British Architects, lays out the potential of new delivery models to deliver much-needed social homes.
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NEW | Get on and build

Town planner Mary Elkington of Figura Planning Ltd explains a bit about the speed of housebuilding today and how the government’s proposed approaches speeding of housing delivery may be one part of the answer.

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Get on and build - Red Brick
Town planner Mary Elkington of Figura Planning Ltd explains a bit about the speed of housebuilding today and how the government’s proposed approaches speeding of housing delivery may be one part of th...
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NEW | Thirty years of challenging the public borrowing rules

John Perry and Steve Hilditch look back at past debates about how housing financing should fit within the Government’s fiscal rules.

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Thirty years of challenging the public borrowing rules - Red Brick
John Perry and Steve Hilditch look back at past debates about how housing financing should fit within the Government's fiscal rules.
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