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Some 68,000 people are expected to die alone and unnoticed in Japan this year, police say, as the population continues to age“We occasionally greet each other, but that’s all. If one of my neighbours died, I’m not sure I would notice,” says Noriko Shik…
続きを読むNew figures show nearly 14% of all houses in Japan are empty but the glut is attracting growing interest from foreigners As the declining population continues to impact Japan’s society and economy, the number of vacant houses has topped nine million – …
続きを読むControversial development proposed in New Zealand capital, which faces a housing crisis, scrapped after film-maker purchased block of landAs news spread on Wellington’s leafy Miramar peninsula that the film-maker Peter Jackson and his partner Fran Wals…
続きを読むWorking adults living in the family home sign of acute housing pressures with parties split on how to ease crisis ahead of electionFreya Adams managed as a solo mum of twin six-year-old girls for almost three years after separating from her partner.The…
続きを読むA year on from devastating floods, a renowned architect is leading a project to build affordable and sustainable homes while empowering communities in the processA year ago, Shani Dana’s mudbrick house was swept away in the worst floods on record to hi…
続きを読むTourist hub plagued by lack of homes, surging rents and traveller influx provides ‘starkest’ picture of country’s property crunchWhen Merlin Traçable finishes work at a ski rental shop in Queenstown, New Zealand, he looks for a place to park his van.Tr…
続きを読むNew Zealand’s reserve bank delivered its largest rate hike in history on Wednesday, piling pressure on the country’s homeownersRosie Smyth and Richard Larsen, along with their toddler daughter, had spent years looking for an affordable home in Lyttelto…
続きを読むCohousing offers a vision of connected, community-based living – but the path to realising the dream can be far from smooth “Welcome to the site of hope and heartbreak.”With these words Bronwen Newton greets visitors to a quarter-acre gravel carpark be…
続きを読むNearly 10,000 New Zealanders are in emergency accommodation in motels, as the cost of living soars and public housing wait lists blow outKristina Reid is trying to make the best of a bad situation. The walls of the motel room she has called home for th…
続きを読むFamilies who fled Taliban rule say they are grateful for the help they have received but long for a home where they can settleThe west London hotel where Fawzia Amini, a senior Afghan judge, her husband and their four daughters have lived for the last …
続きを読むJakki Moxham reflects on the experience of a family who came to Britain last year, and the systemic failures of Operation Warm WelcomeI read your feature with great interest (Welcome to Britain … now what? Afghan families on their lives in limbo, 26 Ma…
続きを読むAt the start of the pandemic, New Zealand made headlines for appearing to eliminate homelessness, but the story is more complicatedFranki began living on Auckland’s streets at age 15, shortly after his father died in 2018. He hunted for secret spots to…
続きを読むMortgage approvals have dropped from 30,000 a month to 23,000 as lenders apply stricter rules introduced in DecemberBanks in New Zealand are rejecting home-loans over minor frivolous spending, including a $187 Kmart Christmas shop and a daily drink bou…
続きを読むCouncils won’t be able to block townhouses or apartments under a sweeping reform aimed at improving affordability – but will it work? And could the idea cross the Tasman?New Zealand’s cities could be reshaped for decades to come, forcing the long-entre…
続きを読むFrom a mosque that breathes to innovative bamboo houses, Marina Tabassum has won the prestigious Soane medal for her humanitarian buildingsFor the people of coastal Bangladesh, the monsoon can bring untold torment – and, occasionally, unexpected joy. E…
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