Increased housing target could see council push back new Local Plan for Lichfield and Burntwood

https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2026/05/06/increased-housing-target-could-see-council-push-back-new-local-plan-for-lichfield-and-burntwood/

HICP – Actual Rentals for Housing, EU and Euro Area, from 2005 to 2025

European rents have risen persistently for two decades, with the pace picking up sharply in the early 2020s — a significant affordability concern across the continent.

#Europe #rents #HousingCrisis #RealEstate #property #housing #EU #Residential #homes

A friend recently asked me about a podcast episode from "Diary of a CEO" where it was presented as a fairly general mistake to buy a house. The arguments, sounded clean but actually got me quite annoyed. So I decided to calm down a write up why I think that housing decisions are more complicated than it was presented in the podcast.

https://www.fretchen.eu/blog/27/

#Investing #RentVsBuy #Housing #PersonalFinance

Horrified Wagga residents call for proper sanitation at homeless camp where baby was found dead
By Cait Kelly

Tent where twins were born up to a 15-minute walk away from nearest public toilets or running water

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/06/wagga-homeless-camp-baby-found-dead-sanitation-ntwnfb

#Inequality #Homelessness #NewSouthWales #Australianews #RuralandregionalAustralia #IndigenousAustralians #Housing #Water #Environment #Health #Sanitation #Poverty #Socialexclusion #CaitKelly

NOW PLAYING == Redneck Gone Green with David Cobb 5/4/26: Guest Joe Guinan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZi3GCYZ18Q

#uspol #geopolitics #commentary #progressive #housing #rent #activism #left #DavidCobb #greenparty #anticapitalist #leftist #revolutionary #vsn #radio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

Missing-tooth building on North Washington Street in the North End to be replaced by six-story condo building
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/missing-tooth-building-north-washington-street-north-end-be-replaced

#Boston #housing

#Toronto

Toronto Tenants Union

May 9th Organizer Orientation

#housing #tenantsrights #tenantsunion

https://www.tenantunion.ca/orientation

Good to see closed stores being redeveloped into homes. I hope that they are "commonhold" rather than lease hold : I've heard a lot of horror stories about leaseholds recently, with rents and other fees not under the tenants control or means.

#housing

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g49wjx94ko