an actual wtf economics story: Almost half of UK homeowners’ housing wealth is concentrated in the hands of the over-65s, in a mark of how the “baby boomer” generation has benefited from house price growth fuelled by low interest rates. ft.com/content/b3847f…

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Manchester's developers and charities are proposing to house the homeless in shipping containers. The move is part of a trend of inhumanity disguised as stylish efficiency. Tribune tribunemag.co.uk/2021/02/shippi…

Bonny Downs Cohousing Project - A local charity founded by a Baptist church seeking to redevelop their church hall to provide a bespoke space for community activities and affordable housing for those in need. communityledhousing.london/project/bonny-…

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We desperately need more affordable housing but councils need the powers to ensure any buildings converted provide people with the dignity of a proper home. oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19200668.…

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‘People’s Plans’ is a 2-year research project to produce the 1st sustained history of UK community-led planning, documenting diverse and hidden ways that people come together to care for the future of their local environments.

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(1/2) The BBC did an in-depth story on Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani, who is hoping to put into action Follow @OfficeofABC's commitments to tackle England's housing crisis with the sale of Church land around core values and not just profit. Thank you Guli Francis-Dehqani! bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

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We're bringing four-years worth of our Homemaker Oxford research to @marmalade_io, and we're asking participants to help us figure out how to turn forgotten spaces into amazing new homes marmalade.io/2022-events/20…

📢COMING SOON📢 We're about to launch the findings from Homemaker Oxford, a 4yr foray into how empty & underused space could help tackle housing need in Oxford. Here's a sneak peak, & if you want to know more, sign up to the launch at @marmalade_io marmalade.io/2022-events/20…

We're proud to have our Homemaker Oxford action research project shortlisted for the Archiboo Activism award! 🤞🏿 Have a read of our article in which we explore how empty and underused spaces in the city could help us tackle extreme housing need: transitionbydesign.org/articles/homem…

Amazing to win the Activism Award last night at the Archiboo Awards for our Homemaker Oxford action-research project tackling housing need across Oxford! Special thanks to @lucywarin Andy Edwards (He/him) Charlie Fisher Alex Towler Katie Reilly w/ past&present coop members' support