Housing
- Architecture, Art and design, Awards and prizes, Bangladesh, Culture, Housing, Rohingya, Society, South and Central Asia
A £300 monsoon-busting home: the Bangladeshi architect fighting extreme weather
From a mosque that breathes to innovative bamboo houses, Marina Tabassum has won the prestigious Soane medal f…
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Afghan refugees may be housed in UK hotels for up to a year, say councils
Officials warn situation is becoming increasingly unsuitable, especially for children’s mental healthCouncil l…
- Afghanistan, Home Office, Housing, Human rights, Immigration and asylum, Politics, Priti Patel, Refugees, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
‘Send us home,’ beg Afghan refugees stuck in UK hotels
Thousands who fled Taliban are living in hotels with inadequate healthcare in Operation Warm Welcome Afghans w…
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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’…
- Environment, Flooding, Global development, Homelessness, Housing, Land rights, Pakistan, Poverty, Protest, Social exclusion, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Where should we go?’: thousands left homeless as Karachi clears waterways
As Pakistan’s supreme court backs bulldozing of homes blamed for floods, critics say government has no proper …
- 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 readers say housing policy shake-up isn’t radical enough
Many readers say last week’s announcement will have little impact on their – or their children’s – ability to …
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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…
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‘Can you help me?’: The quiet desperation of New Zealand’s housing crisis
With prices soaring, many fear they will never be able to buy. Others will try anything as the crisis threaten…
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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…
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All sectors of New Zealand housing market ‘severely’ unaffordable: survey
The housing crisis, which Labour government pledged to address, has spread to the provincesEvery urban housing…
- Asia Pacific, Homelessness, Housing, Jacinda Ardern, Labour party, National party, New Zealand, Society, World news
New Zealand’s waiting list for state housing hits record high
List has more than doubled in size to 14,500 in two years since Jacinda Ardern promised to fix crisis The wait…