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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.

Long Read: Modern Homelessness: Privatisation, Policing and Public Toilets

Alex Gabriel

Sunday Long Read: Since 2010 homelessness has soared in London. What does privatisation feel like for those forced to sleep rough?

5 Reasons London’s Bicycle Couriers are Organising (and Winning!)

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.

Interview: Interview: Rabina Khan

Aaron Bastani sat down with independent Tower Hamlets mayoral candidate about the demise of Labour in ethnically mixed working class communities.

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?

Novara FM: Gentrification, Displacement, Community

On this week's show Aaron Bastani is joined by Symeon Brown as they discuss gentrification and displacement in 21st Century Britain.

Novara FM: Nightwalking & the city: In Discussion with Matthew Beaumont

"God made the country; man made the town." James Butler in conversation with Matthew Beaumont, author of Nightwalking: A Nocturnal History of London, discussing nightwalking, the city and urban spaces in darkness.

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?

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.

5 Videos on the Last 100 Years of Housing in the UK

The housing crisis in the UK is becoming an unavoidable issue for mainstream politicians and media alike, and is set to remain a key agenda item over the coming years. Listed below are five short videos examining themes which link James Butler’s interview with a Balfron Tower evictee, the recent acclaimed LRB article ‘Where will we […]

Social Cleansing in Tower Hamlets: Interview with Balfron Tower Evictee

James Butler

James Butler speaks to a Balfron Tower evictee about social cleansing and mistreatment by Tower Hamlets council

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

Adam Robertson

Long Read: Modern Homelessness: Privatisation, Policing and Public Toilets

Alex Gabriel

5 Reasons London’s Bicycle Couriers are Organising (and Winning!)

Ina Fever

IMOBastani: Khan trick? Why Is Sadiq Khan Cozying up to Big Business?

IMOBastani: Why Is London Getting Bigger?

Interview: Interview: Rabina Khan

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

Lewis Bassett

Novara FM: Gentrification, Displacement, Community

Novara FM: Nightwalking & the city: In Discussion with Matthew Beaumont

IMOBastani: Housing in London – Everyone is Miserable

London’s Housing Crisis: 6 Problems We Face

Christian Garland

5 Videos on the Last 100 Years of Housing in the UK

Novara Reporters

Social Cleansing in Tower Hamlets: Interview with Balfron Tower Evictee

James Butler

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Tag: london

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

Adam Robertson

Long Read: Modern Homelessness: Privatisation, Policing and Public Toilets

Alex Gabriel

5 Reasons London’s Bicycle Couriers are Organising (and Winning!)

Ina Fever

IMOBastani: Khan trick? Why Is Sadiq Khan Cozying up to Big Business?

IMOBastani: Why Is London Getting Bigger?

8 Key Findings into Council-Administered Social Cleansing in London

Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth

Interview: Interview: Rabina Khan

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

Lewis Bassett

Novara FM: Gentrification, Displacement, Community

Novara FM: Nightwalking & the city: In Discussion with Matthew Beaumont

IMOBastani: Housing in London – Everyone is Miserable

London’s Housing Crisis: 6 Problems We Face

Christian Garland

5 Videos on the Last 100 Years of Housing in the UK

Novara Reporters

Social Cleansing in Tower Hamlets: Interview with Balfron Tower Evictee

James Butler

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