Tag: housing
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No bubble to burst: could crowdfunding hold the key to affordable housing?
The UK housing crisis is not only about supply and demand; at the core of the problem is the way new properties are financed. A trailblazing...
Written in partnership with Abundance
The world’s first vertical forest for low-income housing is coming to the Netherlands
Stefano Boeri has designed and built vertical forests across the world. He hopes his latest project will prove it’s possible to combine solu...
Environment Society
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The student digs inspiring a fresh generation of co-op entrepreneurs
Could the student housing co-ops popping up across the UK challenge the frequently exploitative relationship between landlords and tenants? ...
Written in partnership with The Phone Co-op
A home run: 5 projects that aim to make renting fairer and more affordable
From helping people exchange volunteer time for a roof over their head, to improving tenant-landlord relationships – we pick five projects ...
Society
The social enterprise that matches struggling artists with temporarily empty properties
Matching up London’s struggling artists with the empty properties of holidaying homeowners, social enterprise Launch Pad is seeking its firs...
Lifestyle
The project transforming shipping containers into emergency homes for homeless people
Could shipping containers help to combat homelessness? Social enterprise Help Bristol’s Homeless thinks so...
Society
