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Segregated housing

January 2020

  • Children without access to a communal play area in Greenwich, south London, play in a car park instead.

    The case for ... designing cities around the needs of children

    Segregated playgrounds may have been banned after our reporting, but developers are still failing to take kids into account

October 2019

  • Westbourne Place in Maida Vale

    Victory for residents of London estate after garden access row

    Developers and housing association reverse policy on mixed development

September 2019

  • ‘He asks all the time if he can play football in the garden’ ... Hamid Ali Jafari, a former Grenfell resident whose father died in the fire, with his five-year-old son.

    Disabled children among social tenants blocked from communal gardens

    Social and affordable housing residents are being denied access to the gardens of a multimillion pound west London development despite political promises to ban segregated play areas

July 2019

  • Lilian Baylis Estate residents use the playground

    London officials ban segregated play areas in future housing developments

    Move follows Guardian report that social tenants were being banned from using facilities

March 2019

  • Mothers on the Old Baylis school site in Lambeth have bonded during their battle over the segregated playground

    'Don't make this rich v poor': the mothers who won the right for their kids to play together

  • A hedge divides the communal space between private owners (top) and affordable housing tenants (below right) at Mary Datchelor House in Camberwell, London.

    More segregated playgrounds revealed: 'We just play in the car park'

  • Children from Wren Mews playing in the garden at Baylis Old School development they were previously barred from using.

    Segregated playground developer now says all children are welcome

  • Children enjoy the main play area at the Old Baylis School. Children living in its social housing units are blocked from using the space.

    'Outrageous' and 'disgusting': segregated playground sparks fury

  • 'Why can't they come and play?': housing segregation in London

  • Have you experienced segregation in housing developments?

  • Too poor to play: children in social housing blocked from communal playground

November 2018

  • Royal Wharf in Silvertown, east London, where up to 500 tenants will not have access to luxury amenities.

    Subsidised tenants are excluded from pool and gym in London block

    Residents in affordable homes at Royal Wharf in Newham say they are victims of segregation

July 2014

  • New York City aerial view

    City links
    Anger mounts against the 'poor door'

    City links: From segregated housing in New York and cycling patterns in Amsterdam to community gardens in Bethlehem, we take a look at the week’s best city stories
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