Novara Live: The Royal Wedding Feat. Lowkey
Tonight on #TyskySour Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani are joined by Lowkey to discuss the Royal Wedding, the Grenfell enquiry and Gaza.
Tag: housing
The Sofia Solidarity Centre Squat Exposed a Housing Crisis Past Breaking Point
Matt Broomfield
Opened on Great Portland Street as London temperatures dropped to minus ten, the Sofia Solidarity Centre squat housed close to two hundred rough sleepers by the time it was evicted. In addition to providing shelter to some of the city's most vulnerable people, the Centre served as a vigorous embodiment of the housing crisis and showed just how easy it could be to get people off the streets.
Long Read: ‘This is the next big battle’: Haringey Labour and the Future of Local Government
Nathan Akehurst
Opposition to the Haringey Development Vehicle has continually been met with the old response that ‘there is no alternative’. Local campaigners, however, have radical visions for the future of the borough.
How Greater Manchester Became the Capital of Housing Action in the UK
Isaac Rose
Known for its massive homeless population, Greater Manchester has become an icon of the UK housing crisis. But with a housing action movement gathering pace and capitalising on devolution, the city has become the heart of the resistance.
Demolish and Gentrify: The London Model Moves West
Tom Youngman
It’s a familiar story to Londoners: the bulldozing of social-rented neighbourhoods to make way for luxury, market-rent housing. But with the planned demolition of the Foxhill Estate in Bath, London-model gentrification is breaching new frontiers.
Ghettoes of Europe: The Private Landlords Making Billions From Refugee Shelters in Berlin
Hsiao-Hung Pai
Refugees live in roofless, partitioned rooms without privacy or basic facilities, in isolation on the edge of the city. Despite high rates of depression and suicide, the authorities keep cramming more people in, benefiting only the private companies and individuals who run these mass shelters for profit.
3 Reasons We Need Tenants Unions
London Renters Union
Almost a quarter of UK households will pay rent privately by the end of 2021, and currently there are 3m private renters in London alone. Precarious workers are beginning to rack up victories against their employers. Isn't it time for the precariously housed to take on the landlords?
Luxury Housing for All – Because Nothing Is Too Good for the Working Class
Marijam Didžgalvytė
We're told it's inevitable that social housing is dangerous and squalid, whilst the rich get to live in opulent penthouses. It's high time we change that narrative and demand luxury housing for all.
The Fix: The Budget & the IWGB
On this episode of #FixLive Clare Hymer discusses the environmental policies announced in last week’s budget, Dalia Ed looks at the Tories’ housing policies and Eleanor Kate interviews IWGB Vice-President Mags Dewhurst about organising precarious workers.
Novara FM: Sovereignty, Austerity, Nationalism: Britain and Europe
On #NovaraFM, Dawn Foster and Michael Walker join James Butler to discuss some of the driving forces behind recent political stories: sovereignty, austerity, nationalism.
The Fix: Housing, Cool Britannia and #MeToo
Are the Tories for real on housing? What can #MeToo achieve? And wtf happened to ‘Cool Britannia’? With Dawn Foster, Maya Goodfellow, and Richard Power Sayeed.
Novara FM: Housing: Crisis and Inequality
On #NovaraFM, James Butler is joined by Dawn Foster and Danny Dorling to discuss the housing crisis in contemporary Britain.
May’s Narrow Horizons on Housing Fail to Look Reality in the Face
Nathan Akehurst
Theresa May is talking about slightly cheaper mortgage deposits at a time when many of us are struggling to afford rental deposits. Instead of throwing money at Help to Buy, we need a radical vision for solving the housing crisis.
The Mayor’s Housing Strategy: Why We Must Respond
Pilgrim Tucker
Sadiq Khan says he plans to 'provide all Londoners with a decent and affordable home'. But to achieve this he needs to show he is prepared to challenge the powerful interests that make housing too expensive for most of the city's residents, writes Pilgrim Tucker.
Rooftopping: The Right to the City
Annie Lord
For some, rooftopping, or urban exploring, is a radical practice, a way of reclaiming public space and turning the city into a site of play. However, others argue it has been co-opted by the logic of capital, resulting in the sacrifice of progressive politics for sponsorship deals and social media fame.
‘Everyone I Know Is Going to Fight Like Hell’: Demoviction, Gentrification and Homelessness in Vancouver
Alice Saunders
In spite of protests and wide public opposition, plans for the re-zoning of Vancouver's Metrotown are going ahead. Alice Saunders speaks to some of the residents and activists fighting demoviction, gentrification and homelessness in the city.
IMOBastani: The Housing Market Is Rigged
In the past forty years the average home has increased in value by 43 times. With wages failing to keep it up that means more and more people are renting.
Can Devolution Solve Greater Manchester’s Housing Crisis?
Isaac Rose
The housing crisis is no longer just a London issue. Its effects are being felt across the UK, including in Greater Manchester. There, in the context of the devolution of a wide package of powers to local government and the upcoming mayoral election, Greater Manchester Housing Action (GMHA) are organising around the issues of housing and homelessness.