 At Labour Party Conference 2013, the Leader of the Opposition, Ed Miliband, launched a Housing Commission to review public policy of Housing in the United Kingdom.Sir Michael Lyons headed this commission and published the report on 16 October 2014.A summary of the initial parameters is given by Civic Voice 

The full report can be found here

Lyons is married and has three children and lives in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham.