Communities
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Life at the heart of Japan’s lonely deaths epidemic: ‘I would be lying if I said I wasn’t worried’
Some 68,000 people are expected to die alone and unnoticed in Japan this year, police say, as the population c…
- Architecture, Art and design, Communities, Culture, Design, Environment, Environmental sustainability, Extreme weather, Flooding, Global development, Housing, Pakistan, Society, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development, The RIBA, World news
‘This will not be swept away’: the bamboo homes helping Pakistan’s post-flood rebuild
A year on from devastating floods, a renowned architect is leading a project to build affordable and sustainab…
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Hope and heartbreak for New Zealanders dreaming of a communal life
Cohousing offers a vision of connected, community-based living – but the path to realising the dream can be fa…
- Communities, Domestic violence, Gangs, Global development, Inequality, Literacy, Pakistan, Poverty, Social exclusion, Society, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news, Young people
‘House of love’: the calm, creative space changing young lives in Karachi
In Lyari, a slum notorious for violence in Pakistan’s most populous city, Mehr Ghar offers young people a safe…
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Home affairs: New Zealanders forced to turn to dating sites to find a mortgage mate
Tinder profiles reveal desperate reality of trying to buy a home as survey shows housing is the number one con…
- Afghanistan, Boris Johnson, Communities, Housing, Politics, Refugees, Society, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
Doctors warn against long hotel stays for Afghan refugees arriving in Britain
‘Operation warm welcome’ for 20,000 Afghans could come unstuck for lack of suitable housing, campaigners warnT…
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UK councils say they are ‘ready to assist’ Afghan refugees but lack housing
Government urged to provide more funds so new arrivals can access accommodation and other supportCouncils acro…
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New Zealand commission launches inquiry into ‘massive human rights failure’ on housing
Crisis has been marked by escalating rents, high rates of homelessness and substandard conditions New Zealand’…
- Communities, Conservation and indigenous people, Environment, Global development, Housing, Indigenous peoples, Land rights, Pakistan, Protest, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘They fired at everyone’: peril of Pakistani villagers protesting giant luxury estate
Activists were shot and beaten at demonstration to stop property giant Bahria Town building on indigenous land…
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New Zealand moves to rein in runaway housing market with billion dollar plan
Jacinda Ardern announces more support for first homebuyers and measures to dampen property speculation but adm…
- Communities, Culture, Immigration and asylum, India, Race, Radio, Society, South and Central Asia, Television, Television & radio
‘This is British history’: the radio series preserving the nation’s south Asian past
Kavita Puri’s Three Pounds in My Pocket is an extensive oral history of the lives of Indian and Pakistani migr…
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Good thing for small packages: tiny homes movement wins big in New Zealand
Owner of a home that measures just 8m by 3m wins high profile three-year legal battle with government over rat…
- Communities, Culture, Heritage, Society, South and Central Asia, Stage, Theatre, Uzbekistan, World news
Historic Uzbekistan theatre under threat from developers
The independent Ilkhom theatre in Tashkent opened under Soviet rule in 1976A cherished independent theatre in …
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‘People are fearful’: New Zealand police admit gang violence is out of control
Superintendent says after two shootings in the North Island on the weekend that officers alone can’t tackle gr…