Summary Briefing Paper

Making it happen: what has to change to meet Labour’s housing objectives? (PDF - 539 KB)

Harnessing the planning system to deliver homes and growth

Briefing Paper 1: Rational needs assessment in the context of planning for higher housing delivery and growth (PDF - 175 KB)

Briefing Paper 2: Strategic planning for housing (PDF - 128 KB)

Briefing Paper 3: Development in the green belt and the grey belt (PDF - 168 KB)

Providing the homes people need

Briefing Paper 4: Funding and planning priorities to provide the right tenure mix for affordability and housing types (PDF - 162 KB)

Briefing Paper 5: Intermediate housing the role of home ownership schemes (PDF - 171 KB)

Briefing Paper 6: Reform of the private rented sector (PDF - 221 KB)

Briefing Paper 7: Modernising and making better use of the existing housing stock (PDF - 133 KB)

Briefing Paper 8: Providing housing for older people (PDF - 181 KB)

Briefing Paper 9: Design and standards – safety, sustainability, liveability and accessibility (PDF - 135 KB)

Getting delivery right

Briefing Paper 10: Land acquisition, use of compulsory purchase (PDF - 108 KB)

Briefing Paper 11: Building under licence (PDF - 133 KB)

Briefing Paper 12: Funding infrastructure and public goods (PDF - 150 KB)

Briefing Paper 13: Property wealth taxation as an aid to housing delivery (PDF - 163 KB)

Briefing Paper 14: Facilitating development of major sites: the role of New Towns and the contribution local authorities can make (PDF - 165 KB)

Briefing Paper 15: Housing and urban regeneration – is levelling up still a priority? If so, how can it be achieved? (PDF - 207 KB)

Briefing Paper 16: Learning from past policy successes and failures including lessons from abroad (PDF - 167 KB)