Report: Iconic Glasgow Council Flats Occupied in Protest Against Demolition
by Simon Childs
Opposition is growing against a plan to demolish 600 social homes in Glasgow.
Tag: social housing
Opinion: I’m a Millennial Homeowner and I Want Property Prices to Fall
by Aaron Bastani
In 1997 the average property was 4.5 times the average salary. Today it is over 9 times. A 10-15% correction isn’t a crisis, writes Aaron Bastani - it’s exactly what's needed.
Analysis: Landlords Are Getting Off Scot-Free in the Cost of Living Crisis
by Ell Folan
From energy prices to tax hikes, everything has been blamed for the cost of living crisis: except profiteering property-owners, writes Ell Folan.
Feature: A Labour Council Just Greenlit the Social Cleansing of Bangladeshi Brick Lane
by Maliha Reza
The Truman Brewery development, waved through by two Labour councillors earlier this month, will further erode the Bangladeshi and Bengali communities’ relationship with the party, writes Maliha Reza.
The Battle for Deptford and Beyond
by Andy Worthington
As campaigners in south east London occupy a community garden to stop it from being demolished by Lewisham council, environmental and social concerns converge, writes Andy Worthington.
Novara FM: Grenfell: One Year On
One year on from the Grenfell Tower fire, James Butler is joined by Dawn Foster and Luke Barratt to discuss the political aftermath of the fire, the progress of the inquiry, and the survivors' struggle for justice.
Demolish and Gentrify: The London Model Moves West
by 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.
Luxury Housing for All – Because Nothing Is Too Good for the Working Class
by 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.
May’s Narrow Horizons on Housing Fail to Look Reality in the Face
by 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
by 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.
Homeless Families and Social Cleansing: How Local Councils Are Forcing Vulnerable Households Out of London
by Housing Action Southwark & Lambeth
Exclusive: London Councils are ending their homeless duty to vulnerable families by forcing them to accept private rented tenancies hundreds of miles away, outside the capital, FOI's by Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth reveal.
Long Read: ‘We build a wall around our sanctuaries’: Queerness and Precarity
by Joni Pitt (Cohen) & Sophie Monk
Feminists have identified that paid work depends on unpaid female labour performed within the household. But what happens queer folk; those denied access to the traditional household unit, forced to find other ways to support themselves? Joni Pitt (Cohen) and Sophie Monk explore the idea that, in some ways, queerness is precarity.
UCL Rent Strike: Over £1m Withheld, Victory Underway
by David Dahlborn
20% of UCL renters are currently on strike, withholding over £1m in the process and showing that mass planned noncompliance is the hammer-blow exploitative landlords need.
Cameron’s Latest Assault on London’s Social Housing is Finishing Thatcher’s Dirty Work
by Adam Robertson
In both economic and architectural terms, Cameron’s recent promise to eradicate poverty by tearing down people’s homes is the latest in a decades-long line of attacks on social housing.
London’s Housing Crisis: 4 Problems and 6 Solutions
by 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.
I’m about to be a new Dad and my child will live in poverty.
by Trevor Bastard
Rents are rising and wages falling. Even for those with median incomes, private rent costs are pushing people further into poverty.
4 Lessons We Should Learn From the Focus E15 Mothers
by 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
by 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.