How to crash the housing market
Would a drop in house prices be bad? And if you wanted to make it happen, how would you go…
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How we build can change how we think about city life
With the housing crisis showing no signs of abating, a new generation of architects is working to design beautiful, inventive…
ByThis election is our chance to treat housing as a right – but only if we listen to tenants
“You’re joking, not another one… there’s too much politics going on at the moment..!” Brenda of Bristol’s televised comments in…
ByJane Jacobs and Le Corbusier would agree on one thing: we need more social housing
Much has been written in CityMetric and beyond about the urban planning debates of the 1950s and ‘60s, that came…
ByHere are my five favourite London council estates
The author is a Labour member of the London Assembly. In the name of impartiality, CityMetric would like to extend…
ByAs we celebrate 100 years of social housing, councils deserve more money and freedom
London’s Labour deputy mayor for housing writes. Seven years ago, I met families moving into some of the first new…
ByIf the new prime minister wants to help renters, they’ll need to think big
As a society we used to be able to promise that hard work pays off – but the depth and scale of the current housing crisis has…
Podcast: A Short history of council housing
127. A short history of council housing This week’s guest is John Boughton, teacher, historian and author of an excellent…
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