Housing
Sean Farmelo is part of a group of Birmingham students involved in setting up a new student housing co-op
Last September squatting in residential properties was criminalised. Now there are calls to extend the ban to commercial properties. Lorna Stephenson reports
From housing to wages, David Harvey says examining capitalism's contradictions can point the way towards an alternative world
Edd Mustill reviews Home, a play at the National Theatre Shed
Dry rot? Tough. You want your deposit back? No chance. Michael Pooler looks at how anyone with a phone line can become a private letting agent
Jeremy Corbyn MP explains why legislation is urgently needed to help tenants who find themselves at the mercy of private landlords
Stephen Lerner and Saqib Bhatti report on the scale of the housing crisis facing ordinary Americans post-crash, and the growth of housing justice and bank accountability activism across the US
Red Pepper’s guide to the reality behind the housing crisis
With a new raft of housing benefit cuts hitting this month, including the infamous ‘bedroom tax’, tenants are getting angry – and organised. Izzy Koksal meets some of them
The past year has seen the beginnings of a vibrant private tenants’ movement emerging. Christine Haigh reports
Lambeth brands itself a ‘co-operative council’ – but it is selling off properties currently run by housing co-ops, reports Lambeth Save Our Services
As the displaced residents of Dale Farm in Essex face another round of forced evictions, Elly Robson talks to some of the families and examines the discrimination they face
Lorna Stephenson and Emma Hughes meet SQUASH, the squatters’ action group who have been ignored in the anti-squatting media furore
Bob Colenutt on a housing strategy for Britain 2011
Stuart Hodkinson explores alternatives to the housing crisis
Isabel Parrott on what can be done to tackle the housing cuts
A decade ago, with New Labour stepping up the Tory sell-offs, council housing seemed to be approaching extinction. Tom Walker looks at Defend Council Housing, a campaign that has stopped privatisation in its tracks
There are many ways to provide housing outside the simple rent or buy culture that dominates society, write Paul Chatterton, Larch Maxey and Jenny Pickerill
If you have nowhere to live and little money, squatting may be your best hope of a roof over your head, writes Jim Paton of the Advisory Service for Squatters
