Tag: Housing

Brutalist – and beautiful? Captivating new photo book celebrates London’s council estates, from the first post-war housing to iconic blocks that have become some of the capital’s most sought-after places to live

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Why are some London council estates considered notorious while others are arguably the most desirable places to live in the capital?

Photographer Thaddeus Zupancic explores this notion in his intriguing new book ‘London Estates: Modernist Council Housing 1946 – 1981’, published by Fuel.

It ‘celebrates London council estates in all their diversity, championing the neglected alongside the distinguished’ and honours their ‘immeasurable contribution to the social and architectural fabric of the capital’.

Among its pages are 275 estates across

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Boston’s Mayor Makes Friends—and Enemies—with Her Focus on Housing

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Many voters had seen Wu as the leftmost candidate, but being mayor has complicated this perception. She has declined to call for a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza, for example, despite frequent protests. Last year, she increased funding for a gang database that she had previously vowed to dismantle and called “discriminatory.” The decision came after observing reforms under a new police commissioner and “spending time with people in different police units,” she told me. A few months later,

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Beamter der DC Housing Authority in Navy Yard erschossen; 2 Verdächtige festgenommen – NBC4 Washington

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Ein Beamter der Polizeibehörde der DC Housing Authority wurde am frühen Donnerstag im Viertel Navy Yard des Bezirks angeschossen und verletzt, und ein Mann und eine Frau wurden festgenommen, sagen die Behörden.

Der Beamte wurde kurz vor 6 Uhr morgens im 400er Block der M Street SE angeschossen und wird seine Verletzungen voraussichtlich überleben. Er sei in den Oberkörper geschossen worden, sagte Michael Reese, Polizeichef der Housing Authority.

Die Polizei suchte nach dem Schützen in einem Gebäude etwa anderthalb Blocks

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What the Housing Shortage Is Doing to American Environmentalism

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Environmentalism has never been a stable ideology, and its adherents have never been a monolithic group. But, in Minneapolis, the green community has fractured as a wide array of self-described environmentalists find that they don’t agree on very much anymore.

Back in 2018, Minneapolis generated national headlines for being the first major American city to eliminate single-family zoning. Under a plan called Minneapolis 2040, the city legalized duplexes and triplexes in all residential neighborhoods. The plan led to a frenzy

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Why is there a housing shortage in the UK? Builders blame planning but have dished out £16bn to shareholders

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Britain’s woeful undersupply of housing at an affordable price can be partially blamed on shareholder handouts paid by the country’s biggest housebuilders, a new report claims.

Research published by Sheffield Hallam University found the eight largest UK housebuilders have paid £16billion in dividends over the last 18 years, with investors handed the equivalent of £22,000 per new home built in 2022 alone.

The researchers say dividends paid between 2016 and 2021 alone exceed the £8.8billion the Government spent on its

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A D.C. Suburb Finds a Creative Answer to America’s Housing Shortage

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The Laureate is one of those apartment buildings that developers love to build and anti-gentrification types love to hate. Marketed as “inspired living,” it sits outside Washington, D.C., across the street from a Starbucks and a short walk from the Metro’s red line. The boxy frame and clean lines mark it as a haven for young professionals, and it is part of an effort by Montgomery County, Md., to turn a former industrial area with a bus yard into a

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Why the Right Is Winning Its War on Unhoused People

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August 24, 2023

Americans’ attitude toward people sleeping on the street has become angrier, crueler, and more overtly violent. Blame a right-wing propaganda campaign.

Hundreds of demonstrators hold banners in Washington Square Park in New York City on May 5, 2023. Charges were called against the former US Marine who choked a homeless man, Jordan Neely, to death on the subway.

(Photo by Selcuk Acar / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)

Something has shifted in how policy-makers and

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Can Affluence and Affordable Housing Coexist in Colorado’s Rockies?

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In the recreation-fueled, amenity-rich economy of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain region, there are two peak seasons: summer, with its rafting, hiking, fishing and biking, and the cold months filled with skiing and other winter activities.

And then there is “mud season” — a liminal moment in spring when the alpine environment, slowly then suddenly, begins to thaw and only a trickle of tourists linger.

It’s a period that workers in other places might bemoan. But for much of the financially stretched

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Expats living in the UK slam Britain’s healthcare and housing | Travel News | Travel

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Many Britons choose to move abroad as expats with Spain, France, the USA and Australia some of the most popular choices.

However, the UK is an attractive choice for many foreign expats with people from all over the world moving to Britain for work.

New research from the team at InterNations has ranked the UK in the bottom 10 of expat destinations worldwide.

The team asked expats around the globe to rank their home based on key factors including affordability,

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UK minister denies barge housing asylum seekers is a ‘potential death trap’ – POLITICO

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LONDON — Cabinet minister Grant Shapps rejected claims Wednesday that the Bibby Stockholm, a barge the U.K. government is planning to use to house asylum seekers, represents a fire safety “death trap.” 

The stark warning over the 222-bedroom ship — currently moored at Portland Port in Dorset — came from the Fire Brigades’ Union, which has written to the U.K. Home Office outlining its safety concerns over the vessel.

The ship is part of U.K. government plans to reduce its

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