The pandemic has underlined how broken the UK’s model for urban development is. [...]
It is hard to see now amid the depression and anger, but the pandemic did briefly show cities acting on the basis of general human need: rough sleepers being housed, mutual aid groups being set up, evictions being suspended. Yet the possibility of any long-term change is rapidly being lost.
— The Guardian
Tribune culture editor Owen Hatherly's new housing opinion piece for The Guardian.
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Critics always cry wolf — they said everything was “broken” before, now everything is “broken” because of covid. It will be “broken” in the future. How about be more specific. There’s a lot of things that work well. Let’s talk more about those and how they can be encouraged
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