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New Zealand readers say housing policy shake-up isn't radical enough
Last week we asked Guardian readers about the government’s attempt to rein in New Zealand’s runaway...
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New Zealand moves to rein in runaway housing market with billion dollar plan
The New Zealand government has announced a series of billion-dollar measures aimed at tackling the country’s...
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'The future of housing': California desert to get America's first 3D-printed neighborhood
The desert landscape of California’s Coachella valley will soon be home to the first US neighborhood...
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Class divide: mass demolitions drive poor from valuable land in Lagos
People evicted from islands off Nigerian city say accusations of oil theft are smokescreen to clear...
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Labor likely to ditch Shorten housing policies but says election platform is not yet set
Shadow treasurer refuses to back negative gearing and capital gains changes following reports they’ll be droppedExpectations...
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Prince Charles vetted laws that stop his tenants buying their homes
Royals used secretive procedure to approve laws that gave special exemptions to Duchy of CornwallThe royal...
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Penthouses and poor doors: how Europe's 'biggest regeneration project' fell flat
Few places have seen such turbocharged luxury development as Nine Elms on the London riverside. So...
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Slavery survivors moved ‘without notice, without reason’ in London lockdown
Despite stay at home orders, vulnerable asylum seekers in Home Office accommodation say they were given...
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Burning the furniture: my life as a consumer
Some thoughts on buying a house, white privilege and homewares for the apocalypseWhat does it say...
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Cramped housing has helped fuel spread of Covid in England – study
Overcrowding, which makes it harder to self-isolate, may have increased death rate in poorer areasOvercrowded housing...
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Housing association pays tenant £31,000 over neighbours’ racism
Court found L&Q had misled black woman who was harassed by family and had to flee...
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Female trafficking survivors in UK forced into unsafe housing, report finds
Large proportion of victims not placed in specialist safe housing, leaving them vulnerable to further exploitation,...
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'Covid created an opportunity': Lisbon to turn tourist flats into homes
Initiative offers landlords the option of renting their properties to the city for a minimum of...
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Empty post-Grenfell promises have left leaseholders stuck in flammable flats | Letters
Freeholders and developers shirk any financial responsibility, writes Lynne HamshawWhile I agree with Owen Jones’s view...
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Grenfell firm stretched truth with fire safety claims, ex-worker says
Inquiry hears insulation maker Kingspan was struggling to get its product to pass testsAn employee at...
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UK homeless charities call for suspension of ‘reckless’ eviction of asylum seekers
Growing numbers face a winter of destitution as the Home Office withdraws accommodation provided during first...
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New Zealand house prices soar despite Covid recession, worsening affordability crisis
Property market posted an 11% rise in median values, masking rising homelessness and a widening social...
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Revealed: Sheikh Khalifa’s £5bn London property empire
Documents reveal UAE president owns multibillion-pound property portfolio spanning London’s most expensive neighbourhoods The row of...