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Features

  • After a series of racial incidents, one Manchester landlord found a deeper understanding of its residents’ needs
  • When the Linc Centre in Bow bought 15 year old ‘Dizzee Rascal’ some decks and a sound system it was expecting youth nights, not a debut album that would beat Coldplay and Radiohead
  • Introducing a safety index for all 33 of Rotterdam’s housing estates has concentrated the minds of landlords in the Netherlands
  • Acting out real-life problems is helping residents in Wolverhampton understand how best to deal with anti-social behaviour
  • A pioneering support service in Rochdale is helping tenants challenge themselves, before their behaviour puts them at risk of losing their home
  • In Ealing, West London, one mediation service has found a unique way of ending damaging disputes and mistrust between neighbours
  • When Ian Langley saw how a lack of suitable accommodation was punishing teenagers in Wiltshire, he vowed never to let it happen again
  • Jackie Thomson explains why all our architects should open up to safer, more inclusive design standards