The average rent outside of London surpasses £1,000 pcm
This rent price rise comes amid a housing crisis, exacerbated by the Government's failure to meet housebuilding targets even outside…
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Dublin City Council looks to decarbonised social housing with digital twin technology
Dublin City Council is collaborating on a project to reduce whole-life carbon emissions and improve social housing renovation.
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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…
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