Housing
Last night saw a victory for anti-gentrification activists
Taking back the city — Property developers in Elephant and Castle have been sent back to the drawing board, after local residents demand a better deal.
Written by: Niall Flynn
Stop sneering at the Grenfell Tower 'conspiracy theories'
From Where I Stand — There's nothing funny about confusion after trauma. Victims and their loved ones have every right to distrust the state right now. The fact that you're mocking working class communities in mourning says it all.
Written by: Dawn Foster
Cockroaches, cops and cow shit at the British Property Awards
'Landlords are parasites' — When property developers descended on a swanky London hotel last night to celebrate making cold hard cash from the housing crisis, little did they know activists with bugs, manure and anger would be waiting at the door.
Written by: Michael Segalov
Why the brutalist architecture of Britain's housing estates matters in 2016
They never were failed utopias — The debate around social housing and the Brutalist architecture that embodies it has been raging for half a century. In London, 2016, it feels like the war being waged against council estates is being won, even though social need is as great as ever before.
Written by: Marianna Manson
The housing activists trying to beat property developers at their own game
Taking on the housing crisis — A group of local residents in Haringey, North London, are defying private property developers by bidding for an old hospital site that's for sale. Does this signal a new direction for housing activism in the capital? One that looks at the needs of a community not simply the bottom line?
Written by: Emma Snaith
Russell Brand's new film is a hilariously powerful call for change
Things can change, things do change — Director Michael Winterbottom explains The Emperor's New Clothes is a fun and empowering wake up call to fight back against growing inequality.
Written by: Alex King
London’s housing battle keeps hotting up
New developments in Barnet and Newham — Newham’s Focus E15 campaign have stepped things up with a new occupation, while on Sweets Way in Barnet residents face eviction any moment.
Written by: Alex King
New Yorkers are fighting to save the soul of their city
Stop NYC eating its children — Gentrification is suffocating New York’s creative culture. We spoke to #SaveNYC campaign founder Jeremiah Moss to find out why it’s time to fight back.
Written by: Alex King
Can Russell Brand's Trew Era Café kick off a social change revolution?
Coffee shop revolutionary — Russell Brand's new social enterprise café on Hoxton's New Era estate is an ambitious attempt to kickstart people-powered change.
Written by: Megan White
Russell Brand occupies an empty home and steps into London’s fierce housing battle
A new frontline in London’s housing crisis — Talking capitalism, free ice cream and fighting the social cleansing of Barnet’s Sweets Way Estate with comedian-turned-revolutionary Russell Brand.
Written by: Alex King