Monthly Archives: September 2015

The radical roots of Garden Cities

Garden cities figure prominently in government aspirations for house-building these days. They seem to be the politically acceptable face of New Towns.  While garden cities have establishment support, the only really practical solution to the housing shortage – more council … Continue reading

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You make plans we make history

In this post, I explore the traditions of self-management and community control behind the rise of neighbourhood planning in England. The desire for autonomy, for self-organisation and self-management, has been a persistent thread in the history of community action in … Continue reading

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Generation Rent – it’s time for action

With the launch of his new book about the Tenants’ Movement, Leeds Beckett author and lecturer in housing studies, Dr. Quintin Bradley looks at the pressures on ‘generation rent’ and the emerging signs of a mass popular campaign around the … Continue reading

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