Housing

3 articles

Aug 2, 2026 • via the Guardian

Dried Reservoirs Block Housing Targets in Stressed Regions

1.5 million homes planned for areas under drought orders and extraction bans

Water shortages and missing infrastructure prevent delivery of government housing quotas in the south and east of England.

Jul 23, 2026 • via BBC News

Islington's Child Population Shrinks as Housing Costs Rise

Fertility rate hits 0.99 while families convert living rooms into bedrooms

Inner London's lowest fertility rates track directly with rents at 46% of income and house prices twelve times earnings.

Aug 11, 2025 • via The Guardian

Twenty Years of Warnings, Zero Years of Action: How Britain's Housing Crisis Became a Climate Catastrophe

The heatwaves are here to stay, and so are the consequences of our inaction.

While ministers debate subsidizing air conditioning in 2025, the UK housing stock remains fundamentally unfit for the climate conditions we've already experienced. The 40°C temperatures that struck in 2022 weren't a distant possibility requiring decades of preparation—they were the arrival of a predicted reality that successive governments chose to ignore.