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Why Boris Johnson’s high-rise ambitions will have Londoners living in the shadows

Adam Robertson

Boris Johnson's answer to London's growing population is simply to build tall, fattening the wallets of investors in the process. In doing so, he contradicts the point of the capital's original high-rise estates.

4 Reasons the UCL Rent Strike Victory is Important for All Students

Hope Worsdale and Callum Cant

The UCL rent strike has emerged victorious, with the university forced to cough up £100k for the "unacceptable living conditions" of its student halls. With a national free education demo coming up, the win comes at an excellent time for students.

Communicating Capitalism: 7 Basics for the Uninitiated

Ben Hollis

Housing, inequality, technology, the environment - all these things tie into a system called capitalism. Ever grappled with what people really mean by this? Here's a bumper guide to just a few of the basics.

The rise in renting and how it hurts us all

Elizabeth Grey

Private renting is on the rise, but what are the knock-on effects for young people’s income, pensions and futures?

7 Tips for Getting Organised in Your Community

Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth

In this bumper instalment, Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth activists give their top tips for organising and winning in your community.

8 Key Findings into Council-Administered Social Cleansing in London

Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth

Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth has used freedom of information (FOI) requests in every London borough to research the effect of the 2011 Localism Act on the rehousing of homeless households. The findings reveal the social cleansing of central London by the hands of local authorities.

London’s Housing Crisis: 4 Problems and 6 Solutions

Christian Garland

In the election run-up, the housing crisis has conveniently been taken off most agendas apart from the odd nod to 'affordable homes' or the building of a handful of new houses. Here are the pressing problems in housing and some ideas of how we address them.

The struggle for decent homes cuts to the heart of post-crisis Britain

Lewis Bassett

We're told that growth is back, yet all around working class people are being smothered with escalating rents - many being forcibly moved or made homeless. What is the 'housing crisis', what makes it so bad and what is the answer?

4 Ways Generation Y is Being Taken for a Ride (and 3 Ways it’s Pushing Back)

AltGen

Youth unemployment is sky-rocketing and Cameron is seeking to take away benefits from young people. Against this trend of declining living standards, students in the US are organising debt strikes and in the UK youth-led workers' co-operatives are multiplying.

Novara FM: Austerity Frontline: Interview with Dawn Foster

On this week's show James Butler is joined by Dawn Foster as they discuss housing and poverty five years into austerity.

I’m about to be a new Dad and my child will live in poverty.

Trevor Bastard

Rents are rising and wages falling. Even for those with median incomes, private rent costs are pushing people further into poverty.

IMOBastani: Housing in London – Everyone is Miserable

In light of recent dystopian visions from Luxury housing developers Aaron asks who exactly is the current system benefitting?

Indignant… to what end? Private Island Reviewed

Tom Blackburn

Tom Blackburn reviews Private Island, the latest release by writer and Novara FM guest, James Meek.

Novara FM: Who Owns Britain?

On this week's show James Butler is joined by James Meek as they discuss privatisation and ownership in Britain.

London’s Housing Crisis: 6 Problems We Face

Christian Garland

Over ten percent of UK residents live in London, yet while housing waiting lists remain sky-high, the London 'property market' is a magnet to the global super-rich.

4 Lessons We Should Learn From the Focus E15 Mothers

Tom Gillespie

While 20,000 are waiting to be housed in the London Borough of Newham, 600 homes stand empty on one estate alone. Rid of tenants and put up for sale, Labour-run Newham Council has used the rising land prices of the area around the Olympic Park to cash in while thousands go without homes. The Focus E15 Mothers campaign is attempting to turn the tide in Newham and beyond by highlighting the stark injustice of London's housing crisis.

Focus E15 Mothers: Meet the Carpenters Estate’s Newest Occupiers

Oscar Webb

Since launching in response to the closure of a hostel-based mother and baby unit in October 2013, the Focus E15 Mothers campaign has gone from strength to strength, from a thousands-strong petition to keep the families in Newham, East London, to holding a series of occupations and forcing Newham Council to find them homes. On 21 September the group held a family fun day on the Carpenters estate which culminated in a new occupation.

7 Ways the Localism Act is Shafting the Homeless and Precariously-Housed

Izzy Koksal

Heard of the Localism Act 2011? Nor have most people, but this seemingly-subtle piece of legislation is having devastating effects on homeless and precariously-housed people as well as social housing more broadly. These effects are only set to be exacerbated, requiring action before we're fire-fighting nationwide social cleansing.

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Why Boris Johnson’s high-rise ambitions will have Londoners living in the shadows

Adam Robertson

4 Reasons the UCL Rent Strike Victory is Important for All Students

Hope Worsdale and Callum Cant

Communicating Capitalism: 7 Basics for the Uninitiated

Ben Hollis

The rise in renting and how it hurts us all

Elizabeth Grey

7 Tips for Getting Organised in Your Community

Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth

The struggle for decent homes cuts to the heart of post-crisis Britain

Lewis Bassett

4 Ways Generation Y is Being Taken for a Ride (and 3 Ways it’s Pushing Back)

AltGen

Novara FM: Austerity Frontline: Interview with Dawn Foster

IMOBastani: Housing in London – Everyone is Miserable

Indignant… to what end? Private Island Reviewed

Tom Blackburn

Novara FM: Who Owns Britain?

London’s Housing Crisis: 6 Problems We Face

Christian Garland

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Tag: housing

Why Boris Johnson’s high-rise ambitions will have Londoners living in the shadows

Adam Robertson

4 Reasons the UCL Rent Strike Victory is Important for All Students

Hope Worsdale and Callum Cant

Communicating Capitalism: 7 Basics for the Uninitiated

Ben Hollis

The rise in renting and how it hurts us all

Elizabeth Grey

7 Tips for Getting Organised in Your Community

Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth

8 Key Findings into Council-Administered Social Cleansing in London

Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth

London’s Housing Crisis: 4 Problems and 6 Solutions

Christian Garland

The struggle for decent homes cuts to the heart of post-crisis Britain

Lewis Bassett

4 Ways Generation Y is Being Taken for a Ride (and 3 Ways it’s Pushing Back)

AltGen

Novara FM: Austerity Frontline: Interview with Dawn Foster

I’m about to be a new Dad and my child will live in poverty.

Trevor Bastard

IMOBastani: Housing in London – Everyone is Miserable

Indignant… to what end? Private Island Reviewed

Tom Blackburn

Novara FM: Who Owns Britain?

London’s Housing Crisis: 6 Problems We Face

Christian Garland

4 Lessons We Should Learn From the Focus E15 Mothers

Tom Gillespie

Focus E15 Mothers: Meet the Carpenters Estate’s Newest Occupiers

Oscar Webb

7 Ways the Localism Act is Shafting the Homeless and Precariously-Housed

Izzy Koksal

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