The Brief - Housing Special

This week we revisit some of the top housing stories we've covered over the past few months on The BriefEpisodes Featured:London faces a crisis of dullness with Nabil Al-KinaniNew analysis shows how race and income affect the quality of air you breathe with Merlin FulcherLabour group proposes nationalising 500,000 private homes with George KafkaLow income renters left with nowhere to live amid unaffordability crisis with Prudence IveyHow UK homes are becoming ‘lethal furnaces’ in heatwaves with Kate WagnerLabour pledges discount land sales for local authority housebuilders with Peter AppsPoor housing costing NHS £1.4 billion pounds each year with Melissa YorkThe Brief is supported by Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app.Click here to get early, ad-free access to The Brief, and support accessible independent journalism from Open City.The Brief is recorded and produced at the Open City offices located in Bureau. Bureau is a co-working space for creatives offering a new approach to membership workspace. Bureau prioritises not just room to think and do, but also shared resources and space to collaborate. To book a free day pass follow this link.The Brief is produced in association with the Architects’ Journal, and the C20 Society.The C20 Society are offering The Brief supporters 20% off membership, just follow this link and use the code C20LONDOWN at the checkout.If you enjoyed the show, we recommend you subscribe to the AJ for all the latest news, building studies, expert opinion, cultural analysis, and business intelligence from the UK architecture industry. Listeners can save 15% on a subscription using this link. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Open City is a charity dedicated to making architecture and built heritage more open, accessible and equitable. This feed includes our weekly show, The Brief which features news and analysis covering the big issues in British architecture, heritage, housing and planning. We also release longer form shows breaking down big issues connecting urbanism and politics with in-depth discussion. Our shows are hosted by a roster of architectural critics and practitioners, featuring guests from across architecture and design, as well as artists, academics, policy makers and journalists.Open City Friends get early, ad-free access to all Open City podcasts, and help support accessible independent journalism and life-changing education programmes. Sign up as an Open City Friend today.This show is made possible in part by Bloomberg Connects, a free mobile app featuring guides to over 200 museums, galleries and cultural spaces. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.