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No better than the slums? What went wrong with Brazil's social housing A social housing scheme aims to help poor people from the favelas and into secure homes, but after five years of mixed success some residents are returning to the slums Ruban Selvanayagam   Guardian Professional , Wednesday 26 March 2014 10.08 GMT   "Look, I can pull the window off my house – is this the level of security we have?" asked Ênio Oliveira. Oliveira was talking to Brazilian television about what it's like to live in Brazil's government-backed social housing scheme, Minha Casa, Minha Vida (my house, my life). The programme was launched five years ago as a bid to tackle decades of mediocre attempts to eliminate a shortage of 5.24m homes. Its aim was to get millions of Brazil's poorest citizens, such as Oliveria, out of poor living conditions in the country's favelas and slums. The Brazilian president, Dilma Rousseff, has been in charge sin...

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House prices drop in December 8 January 2014 | By Laurna Robertson Print Email Share Comment Save The UK average house price dropped in December, by 0.6 per cent from the previous month, for the first time since January 2013. The figures, according to the Halifax House Price Index, put the average price in December 2013 as £173,467 down from £174,910 in November. However, from  December 2012 – December 2013 there was a 7.5 per cent increase in the average house price. There was also a 1.9 per cent increase quarterly from the previous three months. Martin Ellis, housing economist, said: ‘Mounting signs that the economic recovery is becoming firmly established, together with a predicted decline in unemployment, should further boost consumer confidence over the coming months. This will increase the likelihood that more people will consider buying a property in 2014, therefore supporting housing demand. ‘Nonetheless, continuing pressures on household...

80,000 British children to wake up homeless this Christmas Day Published by Max Salsbury for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Central Government Monday 4th November 2013 - 12:00pm Share this story shelter Over 80,000 British children will wake up homeless this Christmas Day, housing charity Shelter Scotland has warned. The charity is highlighting the shocking figures to launch a new campaign to raise awareness of the plight of homeless households. With 4,847 children expected to spend Christmas in a state of homelessness in Scotland, the charity is calling on the Scottish government to adopt guidelines on minimum standards of temporary accommodation and give families the legal right to challenge the "appalling conditions they are often forced to live in". Last December, Shelter Scotland helped more than 1,000 people at risk of becoming homeless over the festive period. In June this year, there were 10,471 house...

Een van de belemmeringen bij de vernieuwing van het corporatiebestel is de corporatie in de huidige vorm. Een vehikel die het historische gezien mogelijk goed heeft gedaan, maar nu echt eerder beperkend is. Het gaat nu om een corporatieconcept dat in staat is de volkshuisvesting naar een voor deze samenleving passend antwoord te beiden om de woonvraag. Het is dus een gedachte experiment. Het zou kunnen zijn dat het een virtuele werkplaats is van ideeen en projecten. Afhankelijk van de vraag wordt de werkplaats ingericht om antwoorden te vinden en die dan uit te werken naar een concreet project. Graag zou ik met u van gedachten willen wisselen en kijken of het mogelijk is een echt bezitloze corporatie te organiseren. Rene van de Lustgraaf p.s ik heb gezocht wat je nodig hebt voor het oprichten van een corporatie. Het is even werk maar wel te doen. En ik zie dat ik een formele vereniging of stichting moet gaan oprichten. Binnenkort zal ik op dit weblog een aantal vacatures p...