Not Just Where, But How We Live

Not Just Where, But How We Live

In the year of the Renters’ Rights Bill, how should the tenants movement respond to changing ideas around how the current housing crisis is exacerbated by patriarchal and capitalist notions? A block of flats in London. (Credit: Pedro Ramos via Unsplash) What does it mean to truly decommodify housing? Can the home be a place that not only meets our most basic needs, but a site of our own flourishing and wider societal transformation? Feeling at …

Greens unveil plan to end rip-off rents

Scotland needs robust rent controls that will save renters money, say the Scottish Greens who have published plans to end rip-off rents with their proposals in the upcoming Housing (Scotland) Bill. Independent analysis from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre shows that renters in a two bedroom flat would have saved at least £1000 per year if the model proposed by the Greens had been in place since 2019. It shows that someone renting a tw…