Essay: Unused buildings will make good housing in the world of COVID-19
In an article first published on The Conversation, NORMAN DAY, lecturer in architecture, practice and design at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia, says repurposing unused buildings could address housing shortages…
Race for space to house vulnerable in coronavirus
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation “Stay home” – that’s the message stretching from Italy to Iran as the world tries to contain coronavirus. But what if you’ve got no place to call home, or your house is out of bounds in the pandemic? Some 1.8 billion people worldwide are homeless or live in inadequate housing, experts […]
US HOUSING: OVERSIZE VEHICLE OFFER TENUOUS HOMES AMID HOUSING CRISIS
CAREY L BIRON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
HOUSING: WITH COMMUNITY LOANS, MANILA SLUM DWELLERS BUILD HOMES
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how communities in The Philippines are finding solutions to accommodation shortfalls…
POSTCARDS: “YIMBY” CALL TO BUILD MORE HOUSING DIVIDES BOOMING SAN FRANCISCO
GREGORY SCRUGGS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on alternative approaches to San Francisco’s housing problems…