#social-housing

#social-housing

Sanjay Ramburn, 55, who they say lived with his family of five in an L&Q group property in Forest Gate, east London, for several years with no electricity. They experienced four ceiling collapses, as well as severe damp and mould that affected their health. The children developed breathing issues, tinnitus and skin problems. Ramburn, who reported racial harassment and antisocial behaviour at the hands of his upstairs neighbour that he said was not addressed by L&Q, suffered severe mental health issues, the letter says.

Yesterday the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered a Labour budget. People have been asking for Labour's purpose and values to be more clearly expressed. Through the choices made a shift to a fairer tax system, targeting wealth to pay for tackling child poverty, good public services and the cost of living we have clearly set out what we stand for. That's why Labour MPs cheered in the Commons, and it's why we are up for the fights to come.

While an element of despair is forgivable, it is imperative that the plan be given a chance to work - not least as it's the only game in town. For it to fall flat again is too horrific to contemplate. It has encouraging elements, including the recognition of the need for increased infrastructure investment to support new developments. If ministers are serious about providing a "clear and robust framework" for construction, all the better.

DCC rents social homes at a rate that depends on the income of the occupants, known as a "differential" rent system. At the moment, rents are charged at 15pc of the principal earner's salary, with the first €32 a week exempt from this calculation, and subsidiary earners are charged in the same way up to a maximum of €21 a week. Up to four subsidiary earners can be included in the calculation, but the fifth and onwards don't count towards the rental figure.

Families are waiting an average of 18 years for a council home in an east London borough, an MP has revealed. It is the latest indication of the collapse in the supply of social housing in the capital that has left an estimated 330,000 households stranded on local authority waiting lists. Calvin Bailey, the Labour MP for Leyton and Wanstead, told a debate in Parliament that 7,300 applicants were on the waiting list in his constituency.

The site is located to the north of Palma, in a heterogeneous area that has been urbanized in several phases. Low-density housing and agricultural areas predominate.

The project consists of the construction of 45 officially protected housing units, each with 2 bedrooms, distributed in an 8-story building with a total area of 4,465 m, with facilities on the ground floor.

Schjetnan and GDU have designed some of the most significant parks in Mexico, including Chapultepec Forest and Park, the second-largest city park in Latin America, known colloquially as Mexico's "Central Park." With a focus on equitable access to nature, the application of environmental knowledge, and the potential of postindustrial sites, GDU's work has expanded the notion of what parks can do in Mexico.

Clichés and unrealistic scenes won't stop the glossy Netflix show from reeling in the viewers It is difficult to describe Netflix's House of Guinness. One of its slogans reads "Trouble is brewing," and it is true that there is a lot of trouble here. On the plus side, it is not every day that you see the construction of social housing as a theme in a TV drama; social housing is even used here as an instrument of courtship. It is not every day either

Communist East Germany's high-rise prefab residential blocks and their political and cultural impact in what was one of the biggest social housing experiments in history is the focus of a new art exhibition, in which the unspoken challenges of today's housing crisis loom large. Wohnkomplex (living complex) Art and Life in Prefabs explores the legacy of the collective experience of millions of East Germans, as well as serving as a poignant reminder that the housing question, whether under dictatorship or democracy, is far from being solved.

In the United States, calls for better social services, public programs, and other state-led interventions are reliably met with cries of impracticality. Ideas from the left are regularly derided in hyperbolic terms; some classics include the charge that the left wishes to give away the equivalent of "free ponies" (that one comes via Hillary Clinton), or are otherwise pie-in-the-sky utopians living in a "magical fantasy land," promising " unicorns " and the like.

I saw 10 to 15 rats scurrying up the walls, running into a hole in the bin store ceiling,

The development will feature a new Bauhaus-inspired block, which will be leased as student accommodation, and a separate council-managed social housing block.

The funding includes 1.7 million from the Greater London Authority's Warmer Homes London initiative, supporting residents on lower incomes in privately owned or rented homes with Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings of D to G.

The new interpretive centre will be on the site of an old Magdalene laundry, illuminating the harsh realities faced by women who were unjustly incarcerated for societal norms.

Nicholas Barry expressed frustration, saying the council ignores tenant concerns, leading to frequent issues such as flooding with hot water and sewage.

"It's not cold in winter times. It's not hot in summer times," Schublach says. "It's very comfortable."

Children's Minister Norma Foley emphasized the need to address misinformation regarding assessments of need, stating that they hold significant purpose and value in supporting families.

A public art trail in the Regent's Park Estate showcases 12 installations to celebrate community creativity and heritage, informed by feedback from over 1,600 local residents.