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Children in social housing "sleeping on a blanket on a concrete floor"

Deezen

Increasing numbers of people in social housing are living in inhospitable conditions because they are unable to afford even basic furniture and flooring , Dezeen reports as part of our Social Housing Revival series. Top: before – many UK social-housing residents live with furniture poverty.

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Better Buildings for Everyone

Westeck News

Relieving energy poverty through deep retrofits sheds light on the urgent need for investments in deep retrofits to alleviate energy poverty among low-income households who face challenges in meeting their energy needs due to factors such as high energy bills and inefficient housing.

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Editor’s Letter: The Money Issue

Dwell

No one talks about how much money they spent on their house. No matter what the price tag, we can all identify with the dilemma about where to save and where to splurge—the flooring or the siding, the counters or the cabinets, that Bellini sofa or a just-fine couch. We should be talking more about what it costs to build our homes.

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More dishing on Brad Pitt

Architecture Here and There

Experimental houses built by Brad Pitt’s Make It Right foundation. Guardian both have new hit pieces out on Hollywood film crush Brad Pitt, who in the wake of Hurricane Katrina rushed to New Orleans to build new modernist houses for victims in the city’s hard-hit Lower Ninth Ward. Flicker/Commons).

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You Can Thank British Beach Town Nostalgia for the "Coastal Grandmother" TikTok Trend

Dwell

The #coastalgrandmother tag now has more than 148 million views on TikTok and has inspired think pieces and explainers everywhere from The Atlantic to Vogue and The Wall Street Journal.) Much like in the U.S.,

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Five of the world’s cheapest houses

Habitus Living

The average Australian house price shattered records in early 2022 when it soared over $1 million, a devastating blow for prospective homeowners. The failure of wages to rise in accordance with the saturation of the housing market has created more demand for cheap houses than ever before. increase in the past year alone.

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Dezeen Awards 2023 winners announced at ceremony in London

Deezen

The judges said: "Mikhail Riches has taken the ruin of a concrete post-war mass housing project, which was an iconic building of its time, and shown how to care for its legacy while giving it dignity."