Is civil administration and planning in Egypt being run professionally according to research and analysis, or is it as ‘random’ as the housing it claims to improve?
The "Regrowth" model could potentially solve many of the problems facing councils, allowing for sustainable, inclusive and economically viable. So which councils are onboard?
A social and historical introduction to people’s struggle over the right to the city in Cairo, Egypt.
It is absurd to replace inadequate housing for the poor with adequate housing for the poor - let's not repeat the mistakes of the past. Shiny regeneration will shift them out to somewhere they can afford and provide great opportunities for property speculation to boot. This is London, after all.
A group of tenants occupied a flat in East London to protest against rising rents and government subsidies for unaffordable housing. Samir Jeraj interviewed them about Britain's housing crisis, and what is to be done.
31% of new jobs in the UK in the 3 months to June were with estate agents. This isn't any solution to the economic crisis or the housing crisis. Samir Jeraj reports.
Many aging Russian WWII veterans live in appalling conditions, and some die before they can cash a government rehousing grant. By law, families should inherit the money, but some regions deny them it. In Sergei Gogin’s native Ulyanovsk, authorities seem to prefer spending the money on vanity proje
