With Oscar glory, ‘Parasite’ shines light on Seoul’s housing crisis
Bangkok, Thailand Thomson Reuters Foundation South Korean film Parasite, which became the first non-English language movie to win the Best Picture award at the Oscars, highlights the widening divide and lack of affordable housing in the capital Seoul, according to social analysts and academics. Director Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, which also won Oscars for Best Original […]
BUBBLES TO CAMPOUTS: SPANIARDS FIGHT HOME EVICTIONS AS RENTS SKYROCKET
SOPHIE DAVIES, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on Spain’s housing crisis…
Cages, pods and containers: Eight homes highlighting cities’ housing strains
Tbilisi, Georgia Thomson Reuters Foundation A critical shortage of affordable housing in cities across the world has forced many people to tap such unexpected resources as shipping containers and concrete pipes just to put a roof over their head. At least 150 million people, about two per cent of the global population, are homeless according […]
Archbishop of Canterbury launches Church of England commission into housing crisis
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has this week launched a major new Church of England inquiry into England’s housing crisis. The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Housing, Church and Community will see academics, housing experts and theologians meet over an 18 month period and examine how the church can build on its own work […]
Can bringing young and old under one roof solve the world’s housing crisis?
Brussels, Belgium Thomson Reuters Foundation Home sharing initiatives that link cash-strapped young people with elderly home owners are becoming popular with governments around the world as they seek to tackle the twin crises of homelessness and loneliness, experts said on Thursday. Home sharing, which usually involves an older person offering a spare room at low […]
“Unforgivable” that more than 440 homeless died in UK in a year say charities
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation Research showing that 449 homeless people died in Britain last year, many while sleeping rough, exposed a “horrifying” and “unforgivable” housing crisis, charities said on Tuesday. A former soldier, a quantum physicist and a travelling musician were among the dead, aged between 18 and 94, who lost their lives on the streets, […]
Microfinance could help African cities solve housing crisis, say experts
Thomson Reuters Foundation Granting small loans to help low earners in Africa’s rapidly growing cities build their own homes could help solve a looming housing crisis, experts said on Thursday. About 40 per cent of Africa’s one billion people already live in towns and cities and the World Bank predicts the urban population will double […]
THE BIG PICTURE: ‘HOUSING CRISIS?’
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