Domestic abuse as a driver of homelessness among women and children - Red Brick
Branwen Evans, Group Director of Policy at Places for People, calls for a joined-up approach by the housing sector on tackling domestic abuse.| Red Brick
Branwen Evans, Group Director of Policy at Places for People, calls for a joined-up approach by the housing sector on tackling domestic abuse.| Red Brick
Training skilled professionals will be essential to ensuring that Labour’s 1.5 million homes are of the quality homebuyers expect.| Red Brick
Nesil Caliskan, Member of Parliament for Barking, lays out how the Government's Planning and Infrastructure Bill will help to address the housing crisis.| Red Brick
The Skills Shortage| Red Brick
As the Labour government heads into its second year a niggling worry is beginning to grow. To date no senior Labour figure has clearly and publicly articulated that the housing and climate crises are intertwined.| 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.| 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.| 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.| Red Brick
The Current Skills Problem| Red Brick
“Community-led housing is arguably one of the UK’s greatest housing superpowers you’ve never heard of. It delivers homes people want to live in – well-designed, affordable, rooted in community. It’s time to better understand and support it, to get it to scale.”| Red Brick
Owen Jarvis, CEO of the UK Co-Housing Network, lays out how co-operatives, community land trusts and cohousing form a coherent whole and how Labour can support the sector| Red Brick
As Labour looks to reinvigorate its New Towns and urban extensions agenda, author Paul Smith revisits the lessons which can be learned from the Hartcliffe urban extension in Bristol.| 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 the jobs and prosperity needed to beat populism.| 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.| Red Brick
Tom Arey, director at PfP Thrive, lays out the challenges faced by organisations aiming to address the skills shortages in housing and what can be done to attract more people to the sector.| Red Brick
City building specialist Simon Barrow lays out what government, employers and educators need to do to address the skills shortage in construction.| Red Brick
Paul Brannen, Confederation of Timber Industries and former MEP 2014-19, lays out the potential for building with timber to have significant environmental benefits with no costs to the Treasury.| Red Brick
Special Development Orders in the Town and Country Planning Act not only show zoning of the past but also look to the potential of the future.| Red Brick
