4 h. ago Emergency planning reforms only scratch the surface of London's housing crisis

Every scheme carries the cost of affordable housing, sustainability, infrastructure, employment and workspace commitments

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5 h. ago Who is Alison Limerick, singer of 2025 John Lewis Christmas advert

The London-born singer began her career in the 1980s as a backing vocalist

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51 h. ago London 1980s housing crisis film remastered for film festival

London 1980s housing crisis film remastered for film festival  BBC

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3 d. ago Residents protest outside London council office over 'damp, mould and spiralling rents'

Harrow residents demand the local authority do more to tackle the borough’s ‘housing crisis’

Society

3 d. ago ‘Stop smoking crack’: House Republican inflames shutdown crisis as SNAP food stamp benefits run out for 40 million Americans

The Department of Agriculture has said it doesn’t have the $8 billion needed to fund SNAP in November

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4 d. ago Sir Michael Palin slams north London council for turning homes plan into 'investment opportunity'

Campaigners fear the Camden scheme will drive up rents and exacerbate the housing crisis by bringing another 1,000 residents into an already densely-populated area

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4 d. ago Just 2% of councils think Labour funding plan for struggling households is enough

Exclusive: The government’s spending pledge to support local authorities in England amounts to a real-terms cut

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5 d. ago San Francisco mayor proposes denser housing to tackle affordability crisis

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is pushing to build more homes to address the city's housing crisis

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5 d. ago The emerging risk that’s ‘breaking’ the insurance industry and could make 3 million homes ‘worthless’

Expected annual damages could rise by 27% by the 2050s

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6 d. ago SNP record in Glasgow branded 'reprehensibly bad' as party accused of 'blaming others' over housing crisis

A homelessness crisis has sparked a major row over who is responsible for Glasgow shouldering the cost of housing far more refugees than other council areas.

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7 d. ago Nearly 1,000 asylum seekers to be housed in two army barracks from next month as govt tries to beat hotel crisis

NEARLY 1,000 asylum seekers are set to be housed in two army barracks from next month as the government tries to beat the migrant hotel crisis. Plans will see the use of two barracks in Scotland and southern England that will temporarily house 900 men from next month. The Home Office confirmed on Monday that...

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1 week ago British Gas, EDF, Octopus, OVO offering free electric blankets and air fryers this winter

As the cost of living crisis continues to impact households across the UK, some of the nations largest energy suppliers are offering a range of support to customers this winter

Society

1 week ago Govt forced to water down affordable housing targets as London property market 'in crisis', minister says

Govt forced to water down affordable housing targets as London property market 'in crisis', minister says  Sky News

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1 week ago Affordable homes target slashed to 20% to tackle London’s housebuilding crisis

The Government said a perfect storm of economic conditions has created a housebuilding emergency.

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1 week ago London housing crisis: Sadiq Khan slashes affordable housing ratio to 20%

London housing crisis: Sadiq Khan slashes affordable housing ratio to 20%  London Evening Standard

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1 week ago Could Zurich’s housing cooperatives be the solution to the rest of Europe’s housing crisis? | Peter Apps

One in every five citizens in the city has bought a share in the company that built and owns their apartment block• Peter Apps is a contributing editor at Inside HousingChildren zoom down a tunnel slide, as their parents watch on, sipping coffees and chatting amicably on the long benches in the middle of the courtyard.They are surrounded by modern-looking housing developments – architecturally smart, medium-rise, expensive-looking in their design. This appears to be just another 21st-century development in a major city, a development that a builder has made a tidy profit out of, and flats that will have inevitably been snapped up by landlords and rented out at the highest market rate.Peter Apps is a contributing editor at Inside Housing and the author of Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen Continue reading...

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1 week ago Dutch general election focuses on migration and housing crisis as Wilders seeks another win

The Dutch election is highlighting two major issues

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1 week ago Glasgow let down on housing crisis with £66million black hole

Glasgow is facing a housing emergency that is worse than in any other part of Scotland.

Economics

1 week ago Housing Secretary makes homelessness promise as he brands crisis 'heartbreaking'

Housing Secretary Steve Reed said he was urging social housing giants to 'go big, go bold and go build' and said he found it 'heartbreaking' seeing people sleeping on the streets

Society

2 w. ago A waiting list of thousands, and just five new homes for social rent: this city shows the depth of Britain’s housing crisis | John Harris

Liverpool was once praised for its tolerance, but housing shortages are driving fearful, unsettling behaviours – and people are blaming outsidersHere is the dream, if you can afford it: gleaming apartments, close to Liverpool’s waterfront, complete with penthouse swimming pools with views of the north Wales mountains, and sumptuous rooftop gardens. They are mostly bought by investors who then rent them to local professionals: three years ago, a report on early sales of flats in one development said that 40% of early buyers were from Australia, China or Singapore.Ten minutes’ walk away, you can witness a very different spectacle. Every Monday night, a charity called Liverpool In Arms hands out food in the city centre, to queues of people. Some are homeless; others have a house or flat to live in, but can’t afford to eat. While I was reporting on the city’s housing crisis for the Guardian’s video series Anywhere But Westminster, I watched its volunteers in action for the best part of ...

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