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my life in londons houseboat slums

Where do you live whether you cannot afford London's soaring rents? I took the only domestic I...

be like chamberlain and start building homes, mr...

The chancellor must overcome his own caution and the resistance of the Treasury and accomplish...

berlin s rent cap, though defeated in court, shows...

Landlords may beget scored a pyrrhic victory,with suggestions activists could stagger to expropriate...

britain s broken housing market needs radical...

There is no political will to deal with the UK’s housing problems,says Michael Miller. Developers...

young renters have it hard, but it s even worse if...

Exorbitant rents,no security of tenure, ownership a hopeless dream: the issues that affect the young...

the guardian view on housing policy: britain must...

Thatcher-era political dogmas are getting in the way of Britain’s need for more housebuilding and...

labour counts cost of housing policy failure |...

Oliver Wainwright cites Camden council’s Bacton estate redevelopment as something of a miracle in...

finally, the suburbs might have a starring role |...

The mayor of London’s plan to solve the housing crisis could benefit everyoneSuburbia,depending...

sharing a flat in your 40s neednt be a humiliating...

whether you find yourself one of the increasing number of middle-aged people having to share...

fill empty properties before building more homes

A “cache” of 22000 empty London homes (Report,22 February) reinforces the case for a different...

post war housing the dolls house on order:...

16 January 1926: Clinging to Victorian ideas,the standard of post-war building has been small...

housing masterplan needs a rethink | letters from...

The government’s commitment,in the prime minister’s words, to “roll its sleeves up and...

uk s housing crisis will only be made worse by...

The housing and planning bill currently before parliament will invent the housing crisis worse. It...

why i choose to pay $400 to live in a box | peter...

Rent in San Francisco is sky-tall,so you absorb to be creative to make ends meetI pay some of the...

a fair deal for renters? not under this tory...

The repeated voting down of plans to ensure accommodation is fit for human habitation tells you...

the experiments providing homes around the world

From co-ops to micro-building to self-builds,a variety of schemes are being used to tackle the...

it s not just blair raking in rental profits....

For the many people who can’t afford to buy,it’s galling that so many MPs are profiting from...

housing is the next target in david cameron s...

For the many people who can’t afford to own a domestic,the modern housing bill will possess a...

lib dems call for more council built homes |...

As Liberal Democrat council leaders we are outraged at the government’s short-sightedness in...

tories tinkering at edges of housing crisis after...

Starter homes policy fails to tackle problem of undersupply generally,and in particular the lack of...

what i m really thinking: the mediator

We need to be impartial,non-judgmental and endlessly patient, but I feel like telling them to stop...

the housing crisis - and why a house is so much...

We live in the house in which our four children grew up; we now fortunately occupy it alone,joined...

the housing crisis is by no means a myth | letters

Simon Jenkins (Crisis? What housing crisis?,1 October) is mistaken on a number of points. The...

we occupied london s royal mint to highlight...

What better state – after the bank bailout – to raise awareness about those forced to sleep on...

generation rent: why i ll never live in a place i...

The five en-suite bathrooms are perfect for clothes horses,the decking area for outdoor dryingThere...

cheap flats and rampant sexism: postwar life was...

whether present-day London makes you nostalgic for the past,Elizabeth Jane Howards memoir will act...

housing bill will do nothing for many of those in...

We may be able to attain small in the House of Lords to improve new legislation that fails to...

multiple fire safety risks found at flats with...

Residents at 11-block modern Capital Quay in London repeat of fears as officials raise concernsMore...

homelessness and uk housing policies | letters

Amelia Gentleman (Rough sleeping returns to streets in full force,10 March) paints a grim picture of...

when the kushners are your landlords

Ritchie Torres,original York City Council Member (15th District - Bedford Park, Fordham, or...

van hoogstraten s palace is a monstrosity - but it...

Neighbours are calling for empty Hamilton Palace,built by a notorious slum landlord, to be turned...

the new right to buy is solving 1979 s problems at...

This Thatcherite policy revival fails to recognise that the main cause of the housing crisis is...

is your relationship status pricing you out of the...

More than four fifths of local authority areas have less than one in ten homes affordable to a...

i feel the guilt of the brick wealthy generation -...

While many of my older chums are renters,we are section of the generation who failed to challenge...

locals buy up empty houses to create homes and...

Lottery-funded villagers around Barnsley are purchasing rundown houses from private landlords for...

cameron cannot blitz poverty by bulldozing...

Having grown up on an estate,I know it’s not neglect of council housing but refusing to deal with...

jane atkinson obituary

Our mother,Jane Atkinson, who has died of leukaemia aged 66, or was a visionary mental...

a day in court showed me the misery of britain s...

The bedroom tax and government cuts occupy led to a wave of evictions targeting the destitute and...

affordable housing: david cameron s starter homes...

A proposal to create starter homes’ selling for 20% below market rate may be fine news for...

fifteen rented homes in 15 years - mine is an...

Homeowners who function as their friends’ ‘landlord’ are contributing to Britain’s wealth...

why labour must become the party of home ownership...

The number of people owning homes has plummeted. The left must surprise with a fresh strategy to...

welsh law shows that early support prevents...

Impressive results in Wales are fuelling calls for England to adopt a homelessness prevention law...

if we want to solve the housing crisis, we must...

As housing charity Shelter turns 50,the country is still plagued by overcrowding, rogue landlords,...

the broadening of right to buy will inevitably...

whether housing associations are forced to sell to tenants,the impact on the market will be...

renting need not be the second best option |...

As long as renters are subject to such poor security,excessive rents and lack of control on...

councils in southern england dragging their heels...

current housing developments less likely to be approved by councils in south than in north,says...

today s housing crisis means strangers are now...

Unaffordable rents,rogue landlords and low pay are making it all but impossible for ‘tough-working...

this cowboy job is no way to fix our housing...

The government’s flawed scheme to get more homes built will benefit some at the expense of...

rats, roaches and overcrowding: the battle against...

We join housing officers in Newham,east London, as they try to stay the exploitation of the...

the next london mayor must tackle the scandal of...

Cracking down on buy-to-leave investors and short-term lets and working with private landlords to...

more rent than pay a mortgage: the tory dream for...

The capital is now a city of tenants,proof that the Thatcherite property hegemony has had its...

seventy years on, could new towns help solve today...

Seventy years on,could the original idea for unusual towns such as Stevenage and Milton Keynes...

why it s a bad business being plain john smith |...

Brief Letters: Anglicised names | Tony Blair | Indian railways | Baking and mathematicsAnglicising...

why it s a bad business being plain john smith |...

Anglicised names | Tony Blair | Indian railways | Baking and mathematics Anglicising your name is...

the high price of cheap living: how the property...

Property guardianship was once a win-win situation: empty buildings secured and bargain rents...

there s no place like home - if you can t afford...

The government’s ‘starter homes’ plan,now being speedily-tracked through parliament, makes no...

the story of no 20: how does a london family home...

Britain is in the midst of a housing crisis,but has more than 260000 empty homes. How on earth do...

st ives residents to vote in referendum on second...

Residents of Cornish port to choose whether current housing projects should only go ahead if they...

it s hard going for people left behind on estates...

When ‘sink estates’ are scheduled for demolition,a handful of families waiting to be rehoused...

housing costs lock london teachers out of property...

Survey of London NUT members aged under 35 finds 8% still living at domestic with parents after five...

the housing bill will kill off a vital source of...

Government proposals show it has lost interest in social housing but,undeterred, a growing band of...

sweets way occupiers report violent clashes during...

Protesters seize to roofs as enforcement officers use battering rams in operation to remove...

decent housing a necessity for a healthy society |...

“There is a lack of political will to fix our broken housing market,” says your leader (28...

new york apartments were an exotic world to me -...

Reading Judy Blume as a child,living in a block seemed freakishly contemporary. But the reality is a...

anger over glut of posh ghost towers planned for...

Councils in capital have approved thousands of £1m-plus flats despite crisis in affordable...

collective living s fine for students but for...

London’s ‘first co-living provider’ is another sign that the government and the market won’t...

charitys chair shrugged off duty to evicted...

Stella Creasy says chair of Glasspool Trust,which sold flats to developer, said ‘It happens when...

the end of council housing

In 1979,42% of Britons lived in council homes. nowadays that figure is just under 8%. Now, by...

uk house prices set to rise further as demand...

Homes coming on to the market at record low,as Halifax predicts national increase in house prices by...

face it, home owners must take a hit to sort out...

The only way to solve the housing crisis is for domestic owners to accept that house prices must...

labours housebuilding plan labelled deeply...

But some Conservative backbenchers support way to force cheap sale of land for building council...

the my home finance loan scheme is in trouble, but...

Whatever the causes of the My Home Finance scheme’s crisis,it highlights the difficulty of...

a right to housing should be part of uk law |...

With homelessness on the increase,the UK should follow the Netherlands, Ireland, or Brazil and India...

poverty charity may have lost £3m by selling...

Glasspool Trust,which sold dozens of flats in Walthamstow to developers without telling tenants, may...

is hip portland over? how the rent crisis is...

The hipster haven is facing a ‘housing emergency’,as affordability, gentrification and...

new lords showdown over right to buy threat to...

Campaign to Protect Rural England demands countryside to be exempt from plans,claiming families will...

home shortage and lending rules: why generation...

Property prices have not always risen so quickly,but inadequate current housing means puny hope of...

sajid javid faces battle over 4% affordable homes...

Housing secretary approved 700-home development in Ilford which has 50% affordable housing policyThe...

man found living in coffin like cupboard in east...

Inspectors believe man was paying £250 a month to rent space under stairs with no ventilation and...

lasnamae s panelhaousing architectural and...

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planning bill needs changes to help councils...

Local Government Association’s Conservative,Labour and Liberal Democrat groups all urge peers to...

most councils would not class starter homes as...

Only 7% of local authorities in England say discounted starter homes will address need for...

david cameron s £140m to tear down sink estates...

Shadow housing secretary accuses prime minister of making ‘hollow announcements to make...

revealed: housebuilders sitting on 600,000 plots...

Guardian investigation questions how much Berkeley,Barratt, Persimmon and Taylor Wimpey are doing to...

george osbornes property owning drive criticised...

Dame Kate Barker tells Lords’ economic affairs committee that policies remind her of those in US...

the economics of scale: how housing became britain...

Postwar policy has given way to a property price spiral that has separated communities like a great...

tower residents told to pay £500,000 to replace...

Tribunal rules that leaseholders in Croydon block are responsible for making building...

how one community beat the system, and rebuilt...

To revive their derelict area in Liverpool,a group of residents had to engage it over. The latest...

i clean for chelsea fc and live in squalor: inside...

Councils seem unable or unwilling to halt the growth of unlicensed,multi-occupant...

over 11,000 homes have stood empty for at least 10...

Lib Dem research finds just one in 13 councils in England and Wales used powers to take over...

pop up village in south east london to house...

dwelling/Ladywell project is Lewisham council’s solution to housing people in temporary homes...

housing prices force conservative mp back home to...

William Wragg,Tory MP for Hazel Grove, says he can’t afford to buy a house despite earning £74k a...

poverty charity blamed for evictions after selling...

Labour MP Stella Creasey criticises the Glasspool Trust for sale of 63 houses to a company that then...

uk homelessness rising faster among minority...

Shadow housing minister says homelessness rose 21% and 33% among black and Asian...

conservative minister says ending lifetime council...

Labour MPs attack government for sneaking in changes which will cause insecurity as housing minister...

how pay to stay housing will penalise disabled...

My daughter is severely disabled and I absorb cancer. Not only is there is hardly any housing for...

landlord must hand back £70,000 in rent for...

Judge makes ruling under Proceeds of Crime Act after Andrew Panayi rented out a storage basement...

thousands of tenants in england suffering abuse...

Housing charity Shelter says 17000 renters own called its helpline during the last year with...

housing crisis: more than 200,000 homes in england...

Birmingham is the city external London with the most unused properties,followed by Bradford and...

majority fears future generations will never be...

Three-quarters of people in UK worry long-term homes out of reach,poll shows as average house price...

wales considering council tax surcharge on second...

Pembrokeshire and Gwynedd among councils that could double existing levy in bid to tackle housing...

royal mint squatters leave building after court...

Activists highlighting number of empty buildings in London ordered out by judge after speculation a...

policies to tackle the housing crisis and help the...

David Cameron’s announcement that he will scrap the requirement for developers to build affordable...

gearwheel factory reconversion ronald janssen...

The mere fact that the gearwheel factory is still there,right in the primitive centre of Amsterdam,...

tax cuts on empty homes costing cash strapped...

Perks for owners of unused houses,many in areas hurry by councils facing crisisThe owners of nearly...

london tenants to protest at auction of social...

Accusations of social cleansing as housing associations and councils sell to private sectorTenants...

tree house | frente arquitectura

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affordable housing sell off would add £4bn to...

Labour says sale of council and housing organization property will force poorer people into...

lords limit ministers powers on council house...

Local authorities will no longer be forced to give proceeds of council house sales to Treasury,as...

tories reject move to ensure rented homes fit for...

Labour amendment to housing bill,aimed at holding landlords to account, is defeated as minister...

giggs and neville are heroes of housing. now we...

occupy a deep breath,sit down and face the inconvenient truth: this crisis won’t be solved until...

i ve been happily renting my council flat for 24...

I held out against upright to buy as I strongly believe in the principle of council homes and mixed...

theyre property millionaires. why cant their child...

Melanie Glanville and Adrian Harrison bought their first home with a mortgage approximately twice...

read this advocate report about redlining in east...

Redlining has shaped East Dallas. Over at The Advocate,the talented Will Maddox—who we have since...

housing crisis could push young voters to...

Bob Kerslake says failure to supply cheap social housing may boost far rightThe housing crisis could...

lifeline for london families facing eviction after...

Residents of Walthamstow estate unaware their homes had been sold until eviction notices were handed...

why the housing bill could give the lords another...

This badly-drafted and timed bill won’t address sky-tall rents or house prices – expect peers to...

further housing defeat for government over council...

Local authorities will no longer be forced to give proceeds of council house sales to Treasury,as...

number of unbuilt homes with planning permission...

Nearly half a million homes are yet to be built despite having planning permission,25% higher than...

rabbit hutch homes should be consigned to the...

Barratt and Persimmon singled out as worst offenders in survey of new homes on 100 developmentsMore...

new garden city in kent will provide up to 5,000...

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation chairman says he will utilize public money to persuade developers...

government accused of doing backroom deal over...

John Healey says agreement with housing associations avoids debate about scheme in parliament and...

government failing to properly monitor public land...

Public accounts committee finds officials did not track money raised and number of new homes built...

the fight against exorbitant rents: from the...

Greedy landlords threatened with compulsory purchaseThe Minister of Housing proposes,in a circular...

inside billionaires row: londons rotting, derelict...

The North London street where billionaires can buy homes,never live in them, let them rot and still...

urban neighborhoods do not have to be expensive

The saga surrounding the Ridgecrest Apartments in far West Dallas is worth following whether only...

the black mountain home that s no home at all

whether you ever find yourself driving northwest on San Dieguito Road just past Camino Del Sur in...

home office policy on eu rough sleepers unlawful...

Home office policy on EU rough sleepers ‘illegal’,rules court The number of EU citizens being...

housing crisis: we will borrow to invest in new...

Communities secretary calls for ‘big increase in all types of domestic’ including social housing...

keep granny flats reserved for much needed housing

Thank you for your coverage of San Diego’s short-term vacation rental issues. Your articles...

typical tenant pays £40,000 in rent over five...

Research by Shelter highlights tall cost of renting as Lords debates bill that charity claims will...

house prices force tory mp back into parents home

William Wragg,Conservative party MP for Hazel Grove, says he cant afford to buy a house despite...

the new housing and planning bill is a disaster...

Once again the chancellor’s ideology means low- and middle-income families will be hit hardWhen...

housing bill will be catastrophic for london, says...

legal-to-buy plans and forced sale of council houses will broaden housing crisis,according to Labour...

on social housing, tory ideology trumps all...

The Conservative government has declared war on housing associations despite them being a success...

we want to build 1m more english homes by 2020,...

Minister signals intention of stepping up housebuilding as figures present shortfall in the number...

how to be happy in britain: live in the north

The secret to satisfaction is an affordable domestic in the country,a good view and not too many...

london s abbey tower development: on locals ...

‘The homes should be for local people’,say residents of south-eastern suburb as developers...

four in 10 right to buy homes are now owned by...

Tenants living in homes sold under Margaret Thatcher’s scheme now pay twice the rents charged by...

it s time to stop blaming poor people for the...

There's a common theory of what caused the 2007-2008 housing crisis that goes something like...

new homes eroding green belt at fastest rate for...

Campaign to Protect Rural England accuses councils of altering boundaries and the government of...

under 35s in the uk face becoming permanent...

Resolution Foundation says within a decade nine out of 10 Britons on modest incomes under the age of...

rob the poor and give to the rich - housing policy...

The bill before parliament nowadays is ideology at its purest: a full-throttle attack on social...

no 10 hails building of 13,000 new homes in...

Government says the move signals a ‘enormous shift in policy’ and rivals redevelopment of London...

watford landlord fined £30,000 for housing 12...

Zuo Jun He pleads guilty to 11 charges,including overcrowding, regarding property from which he was...

goldsmith calls for more affordable homes in...

Tory mayoral candidate tells MPs that legislation should require councils to build two affordable...

crisis, what housing crisis? we just need fresh...

Here are the most damaging myths approximately the policy issue that’s on everyone’s lips –...

approaching a year since council allowed granny...

final year,after discussion spanning a couple of years, the City Council finally allowed residents a...

creating a new campus community

Residences for juniors and seniors will be created from wood-frame houses on northern edge of...

it looks like san diego s preparing its vast...

The city of San Diego owns many acres of land in the Midway District and it appears to be reluctant...

hundreds of thousands living in squalid rented...

Estimated 338000 properties rented by under-35s hazardous and likely to cause harmRented housing so...

housing bill is closed for amendments, minister...

Brandon Lewis tells peers to discontinue meddling in manifesto bill it returns to the Commons after...

tens of thousands of london homes deemed long term...

Data obtained by the Guardian shows more than 22000 left empty for longer than six months despite...

cameron: labour doesn t believe in home ownership...

At prime minister’s questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday, David Cameron criticises...

property shortages keep driving up prices, say...

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says number of homes coming up for sale has fallen for nine...

big designs new apartment building in stockholm

Oscar Properties has unveiled a collaborative project with mountainous that will bring 140 new...

i ve run out of tears : inside london s temporary...

Connect House in Mitcham,London, is a converted office block in the depths of an industrial estate...

number of pensioners living in rented homes may...

Increasing numbers of pensioners may be vulnerable to exploitation from rogue landlords,warns...

dog kennel flats in barnet will be 40% smaller...

Homes converted from London council offices are permitted to be far below national minimum size due...

house of lords defeats some of governments plans...

Labour,Lib Dem and some crossbench peers vote to moderate plans to offer ‘affordable’ homes to...

decline in home ownership seen for a decade grinds...

1m more families with dependent children are living in private rented accommodation in England than...

jeremy corbyn: cameron must deal with countrys...

Jeremy Corbyn challenges David Cameron over housing policy,after reading him a question from a...

scandal of europes 11m empty homes

Housing campaigners denounce 'shocking waste' of homes lying empty while millions bellow...

millions of poor families could benefit from...

The number of poor families struggling to pay their monthly rents or living in deplorable...

mp throws charity boss out of parliament after row...

Stella Creasy says chair of Glasspool Trust,which sold flats to a developer, said It happens’ when...

rotten food sent to bishop of gloucester over...

Rachel Treweek says she was sent rotten food and ‘not particularly pleasant’ emails after...

david cameron vows to scrap requirement to build...

In his conference speech the PM will promise to tear up planning rules in effort to encourage...

letter: lord avebury obituary

Although Lord Avebury’s Caravan Sites Act was repealed,he successfully brought amendments to the...

stuy town deal

The sale of Stuy Town/Peter Cooper Village to Blackstone includes a provision to preserve...

sweets way occupiers clash with high court...

Housing activists grapple with tall court enforcers in Sweets Way, a housing estate waiting to be...

fairyland guorui unstudio

The Fairyland Guorui Villa complex is located in the Miyun Economic & Technical Development Zone 1...

par reinterprets courtyard housing with los...

Platform for Architecture + Research (PAR) has reinterpreted the thought of "courtyard housing"...

nyt: race gap on conventional loans

In the unique York Times Lisa Prevost referenced PPI Senior Fellow Jason R. Gold’s proposal to...

uli talk: breaking through the housing deadlock

“The land in this state is like a sponge–it soaks up all the creative ability of the people,”...

rochdale charity s demolition plans spark social...

Residents ‘devastated’ by redevelopment of landmark Seven Sisters towers that could mean loss of...

here is the official resume of the person trump...

The person President Trump tapped this summer to supervise one of the largest regions under the...

here s how much you would need to afford rent in...

There is nowhere in this country where someone working a full-time minimum wage job could afford to...

barking riverside residents: its so desolate over...

People in Barking Riverside speak to ITN in March 2014 following government proposals to improve...

squalid homes: corbyn says government in pockets...

Labour leader says Tories can’t fix housing crisis after revelations that thousands live in...

london flats worse than prison cells condemned by...

London property company is charging £255 a week for 'studio apartments' as small as three...

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my life in londons houseboat slums

be like chamberlain and start building homes, mr...

berlin s rent cap, though defeated in court, shows...

britain s broken housing market needs radical...

young renters have it hard, but it s even worse if...

the guardian view on housing policy: britain must...

labour counts cost of housing policy failure |...

finally, the suburbs might have a starring role |...

sharing a flat in your 40s neednt be a humiliating...

fill empty properties before building more homes

post war housing the dolls house on order:...

housing masterplan needs a rethink | letters from...

uk s housing crisis will only be made worse by...

why i choose to pay $400 to live in a box | peter...

a fair deal for renters? not under this tory...

the experiments providing homes around the world

it s not just blair raking in rental profits....

housing is the next target in david cameron s...

lib dems call for more council built homes |...

tories tinkering at edges of housing crisis after...

what i m really thinking: the mediator

the housing crisis - and why a house is so much...

the housing crisis is by no means a myth | letters

we occupied london s royal mint to highlight...

generation rent: why i ll never live in a place i...

cheap flats and rampant sexism: postwar life was...

housing bill will do nothing for many of those in...

multiple fire safety risks found at flats with...

homelessness and uk housing policies | letters

when the kushners are your landlords

van hoogstraten s palace is a monstrosity - but it...

the new right to buy is solving 1979 s problems at...

is your relationship status pricing you out of the...

i feel the guilt of the brick wealthy generation -...

locals buy up empty houses to create homes and...

cameron cannot blitz poverty by bulldozing...

jane atkinson obituary

a day in court showed me the misery of britain s...

affordable housing: david cameron s starter homes...

fifteen rented homes in 15 years - mine is an...

why labour must become the party of home ownership...

welsh law shows that early support prevents...

if we want to solve the housing crisis, we must...

the broadening of right to buy will inevitably...

renting need not be the second best option |...

councils in southern england dragging their heels...

today s housing crisis means strangers are now...

this cowboy job is no way to fix our housing...

rats, roaches and overcrowding: the battle against...

the next london mayor must tackle the scandal of...

more rent than pay a mortgage: the tory dream for...

seventy years on, could new towns help solve today...

why it s a bad business being plain john smith |...

why it s a bad business being plain john smith |...

the high price of cheap living: how the property...

there s no place like home - if you can t afford...

the story of no 20: how does a london family home...

st ives residents to vote in referendum on second...

it s hard going for people left behind on estates...

housing costs lock london teachers out of property...

the housing bill will kill off a vital source of...

sweets way occupiers report violent clashes during...

decent housing a necessity for a healthy society |...

new york apartments were an exotic world to me -...

anger over glut of posh ghost towers planned for...

collective living s fine for students but for...

charitys chair shrugged off duty to evicted...

the end of council housing

uk house prices set to rise further as demand...

face it, home owners must take a hit to sort out...

labours housebuilding plan labelled deeply...

the my home finance loan scheme is in trouble, but...

a right to housing should be part of uk law |...

poverty charity may have lost £3m by selling...

is hip portland over? how the rent crisis is...

new lords showdown over right to buy threat to...

home shortage and lending rules: why generation...

sajid javid faces battle over 4% affordable homes...