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News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?" @nospacelikehome.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

A new paper on student housing, thinking through impacts of regulation on how much space students have to live in! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?" @nospacelikehome.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

New student apartments account for a big share of the small homes in core cities, but restrictive HMO licensing encourages this. Read more here: kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/f2e29b31-b...

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News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?" @nospacelikehome.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

"Space standards? Forget them. Japan has demonstrated how a talented architect can squeeze exquisite homes from the most preposterous of plots when freed from the constraints of a suite of housing standards." Arguments against regulation here: www.bdonline.co.uk/opinion/we-m...

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We must encourage the building of urban one-home wonders

The National Planning Policy Framework includes a specific allowance for single houses in rural areas that are "truly outstanding" where they would otherwise be refused. An equivalent provision is nee...

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News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?" @nospacelikehome.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

More concern among councillors that too much new housing is at the minimum space standard and we're creating 'ghettos' of small flats for single occupiers, this time in Bradford www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Bradford flats plan raises concerns over housing standards

Officers say Bradford Council approves plans for small flats as long as they meet space standards.

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News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?" @nospacelikehome.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Our second newsletter from the No Space Like Home project includes reflections on the rise of coliving, the national enforcement of space standards and new publications on Tiny and Temporary Homes. Download here: static1.squarespace.com/static/6762d...

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News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?" @nospacelikehome.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

HMO sector, increasing number of flatshares where there is no lounge, just shared kitchen and bathrooms. Another symptom of shrinking Britain? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Houses without lounges are a reality for renters

Nearly a third of homes advertised on a property sharing website had no living room.

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News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?" @nospacelikehome.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

A local authority has approved 1 bed flats for 2 people that are 16m2 under the Nationally Described Space Standard, noting that these could be detrimental to the living conditions of future occupants! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Flats approved for empty Wisbech hotel building despite concerns

Councillors approved the plans for the former hotel, wishing the developers

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News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?" @nospacelikehome.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Too many homes for elderly = small rooms, institutional, lack of familiar strangers, too much seclusion. Privacy valued, important for dignity, but risks of loneliness - is this the answer? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Riba Stirling Prize 2025: Appleby Blue Almshouse named Britain's best new building

Appleby Blue Almshouse in London wins the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Prize.

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News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?" @nospacelikehome.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Can microapartments be the answer to HMOs proliferating in areas of 'family' housing? Or does preventing the development of smaller homes push residents into HMO sector? Whatever, HMO in the news again, this time in Liverpool: #microapartment #floorplan #HMO #planning www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Liverpool City Council plans crackdown on 'HMO sandwiches'

City leaders in Liverpool want to stop residential homes finding themselves sandwiched between HMOs.

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News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?" @nospacelikehome.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Another local authority has decided to adopt space standards: "even one square metre could make a difference to young parents with a pram." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Stoke-on-Trent councillors back calls for larger homes

Stoke-on-Trent city councillors call on the authority to adopt government house sizing guidelines.

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News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?" @nospacelikehome.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

"In just two years, the proportion of co-location applications [that include industrial use] alongside purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) and co-living formats has jumped from near-zero to one in every two applications submitted" in Ldn www.showhouse.co.uk/co-location-...

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Co-location set to deliver 31,000 new London homes, Turley finds - Show House

New research by independent advisory firm, Turley, has found that co-location developments could deliver 31,000 new homes across London.

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Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Soviet Union post-war housing above: 1 room (with seperate kitchen) ≈32 m2 below: 2 rooms (with separate kitchen) ≈ 40m2 both dual aspect for daylight & ventilation, & having separate kitchens with windows This is *better* standard than what’s planned for Ireland in 2025 #housing

apartment plan for 1 bedroom apartment showing living room (dual aspect, windows on 2 sides) small bedroom, separate wc, bathroom & kitchen (with window), small entrance hall, stairs (no lift)

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 06/07/2025

Opposition parties have rounded on plans by Housing Minister James Browne to reduce apartment sizes and community spaces as a way of cutting the cost of construction, saying that the plan has been tried before and failed.

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Housing Minister looks to reduce minimum apartment size to cut cost of construction

Apartment sizes, communal spaces and other areas are part of the raft of measures.

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News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?" @nospacelikehome.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Our first project bulletin can be downloaded here: static1.squarespace.com/static/6762d...

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News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?" @nospacelikehome.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Student housing markets looking less stable than in recent past. Post-2030, will much of the student accommodation convert to non-student occupation? And what will that mean for liveability - this accommodation was only designed for term-time occupancy. www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/student...

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Student accommodation provider reports slowdown in reservations

Student accommodation provider Empiric Student Property has reported a slowdown in reservations for the forthcoming academic year.

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News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?" @nospacelikehome.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Brilliant to come together as a team on Friday, led by @gypjh2000.bsky.social Our study on small homes in England and Wales runs until May 2027 We have a brand new website www.nospacelikehome.study And a LinkedIN page www.linkedin.com/company/1065... Follow us for more information & updates ℹ️

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News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?" @nospacelikehome.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

@gypjh2000.bsky.social speaking about housing for students and space standards in HMOs next week in RSA webinar on legal geography lounge.regionalstudies.org/Meetings/Mee...

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Event Information - Regional Studies Association

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News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?" @nospacelikehome.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Our project on small homes in England and Wales will run Dec 2024 - May 2027. Follow us here for news and updates about the work. Not sure what the debates are? Read this: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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