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Housing 2019

  • Goldsmith Street social housing in Norwich (have won a RIBA National Award) by MIKHAIL RICHES architects

    The right housing in the right place – the councils investing in quality homes

    Local authorities are increasingly building smart, environmentally friendly and beautifully designed homes

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    ‘People deserve better’: tenants, activists and academics on the state of social housing

    Ten people share their views on the state of social housing and what the future holds
    • ▼ Lack of funding has forced many families into unsuitable dwellings, such as converted shipping containers photograph: getty<br>HANWELL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 23: Nasibah Yagoub, 21, poses for a photograph with her 7 month old son Youssef outside the front door to their accommodation at a development of converted shipping containers that are being used as social housing for homeless families on August 23, 2019 in Hanwell, England. Nasibah and her family were moved to one of the containers 6 months ago and is not happy about the accommodation. A new report from the children's commissioner for England has said that children growing up in such temporary housing are having their health and wellbeing put at risk. A number of temporary housing sites across Britain, including converted office blocks and shipping containers, have come under question in recent months. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

      Social housing crisis builds as government passes the buck

    • ◀ Dorota Skrzek:‘I used to be scared of people and struggled with depression, but this has made me a stronger person.’ Guardian Labs - Housing Supplement, Dorota Skrzek. Photography by Joanne Crawford

      Homes for the homeless: ‘I did lots of painting. This house is my castle’

    • Senior man climbing stairs

      Home refits: Wales leads the way on rapid response home adaptations

    • Politics, London, England, 5th July 1945, The Deputy Prime Minister in the wartime coalition Clement Attlee, pictured chatting to constituents in his Limehouse constituency where he is the Labour candidate for the General Election, Attlee was brought to power and was the first Prime Minister after the end of the Second World War (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

      Falling supply and rising demand: the story of social housing – timeline

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