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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsNumber of private tenants facing rent shortfall leaps by nearly 50% in pandemicCampaigners call for Rishi Sunak to increase rent support to end the rent debt crisis and prevent rising homelessness
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsStamp duty holiday leading to homelessness, new figures suggestExclusive: Tenants’ rights activists tell openDemocracy that some landlords are trying to cash in by speeding up evictions
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationExclusive: Robert Jenrick in new UK 'cash for favours' rowBoris Johnson’s embattled housing minister took charge of another controversial planning decision – days after the...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionAfter the pandemic: a ten-point plan for the collective provision of basic needsThe coronavirus has made the foundational economy highly visible. Policy makers need to focus on these essential...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhy we still don't know "the truth" about GrenfellThe media reporting of the Grenfell Inquiry’s Phase 1 findings shows the battle that lies ahead.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCan we establish forms of home ownership that promote empathy and solidarity?Home ownership is seen as a route to security. But a more fluid conception could benefit everyone. Part of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK5 ways to solve the housing crisisOur cities need homes - not safety deposit boxes in the sky.
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Published in: Shine A LightAusterity stories you won’t hear about in today’s BudgetRhea needs a home. She is a full-time single mother of three living in destitution on the brink of homelessness. Yet...
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Published in: Shine A LightHow to start a housing movementRadical groups working on housing, racism, poverty, sex worker and migrant rights are springing up all over London....
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Published in: Shine A LightHousing activists stand up to dodgy landlords and council bulliesThe Grenfell tower fire forced a public debate on housing inequality in London. Tenants have long been at the mercy...
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Published in: Shine A LightHow housing activists are challenging town hall decisionsUsing direct action, housing activists challenge unfeeling and harsh local authority decisionmaking
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Published in: TransformationHow to fight the global Wall Street landlordsBanks and vulture funds make money from ordinary people’s distress. The only way to fight back is to outsmart them.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTheresa May has prioritised the rights of absentee landlords over the Grenfell victimsObjections to the requisitioning of empty properties have nothing to do with fears of state coercion. Instead, it's...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaGovernment failure to upgrade informal settlements in Egypt: a brief historyIs civil administration and planning in Egypt being run professionally according to research and analysis, or is it...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA viable alternative to 'regeneration'The "Regrowth" model could potentially solve many of the problems facing councils, allowing for sustainable,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCairo: a history of people’s right to the cityA social and historical introduction to people’s struggle over the right to the city in Cairo, Egypt.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe politics of 'regeneration' in EustonIt is absurd to replace inadequate housing for the poor with adequate housing for the poor - let's not repeat the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKInterview: why tenants are feeling let down, how they are fighting backA group of tenants occupied a flat in East London to protest against rising rents and government subsidies for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA boom in estate agents isn't the road to real recovery31% of new jobs in the UK in the 3 months to June were with estate agents. This isn't any solution to the economic...
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Published in: TransformationCommunity action against property marketsDan Strange's cartoon is a bold image of transformation through community action. It is a response to Jane...
