Bonus post 05/10/26

"We shouldn't be having a shit fight about who is getting the scraps of our housing system," says one researcher.

The Week in Housing: 02/10/26

The Data Politics of Housing, Property and Planning; This pioneering book critically examines how governments, industry and civil society use housing, property and planning data, offering a vital refl...

Experts discuss how housing and planning evidence is produced, shared & used, & the limits to our knowledge & its implications.

The housing crisis is creating a "cascading, devastating impact" on one-parent families, according to a new report from One Family.

Simon Week 2026 Homeless & Alone. One Big Push. Adults facing homelessness alone have been excluded. Let’s fix it. 21-25 September 2026 As Ireland holds the Presidency of the Council of the European U...

Meditation can help us live better.

Elif Eralp could become first mayor of Turkish origin in the German capital

The Week in Housing 18/09/26

Vacancy has long been considered a key housing and urban development issue, and many states produce datasets and official statistics that detail its extent and form. Yet, there is no internationall...

It’s tempting to view access to housing as a generational issue, but that approach is a political dead end. It diverts our focus from the class inequalities and profiteering that are the real cause of...

The world is in the midst of a deep and worsening housing crisis. It has caused rents to soar in Britain, millions to protest in Spain, and a government to collapse in Sweden. Under a global ideology ...

Growing up in Waterford, I naively believed Ireland might sidestep the entrenched divisions of its near neighbours

The policy is back in favour with progressives, but critics say it benefits only existing tenants and saps investment

BBC Verify has looked at the scale of the housing challenge facing Burnham when he becomes PM.

The message is radical but language is loose, leaving questions over cost of plan

The County and City Management Association is "preparing a business case for the Department of Housing for additional staff for Housing Delivery across all local authorities”, a council spokesperson said.

It's running a public consultation on the scheme at the moment, with a drop-in event at Axis Ballymun on 15 July.

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Weekly analysis of housing policy and politics. Stay up to date with new research and evidence. Click to read The week in housing, by Michael Byrne, a Substack publication with thousands of subscriber...

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Exclusive: Steve Reed is looking at government run scheme that could borrow at lower rates than private developers

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