#london housing

[jadecheng]

[feckcops]

I Live in a Housing Co-op. But No One Really Escapes London’s Accommodation Crisis Anymore

“Hearing why people have applied can now be gruelling work. There was always need – the housing crisis isn’t new, of course – but five years ago the emphasis was often on community, with many people just wanting to live in a friendlier, more communal way in an otherwise isolating city. Now, it seems like among every four interviewees sent to each panel, one will be sleeping on sofas, one trapped with an acrimonious ex-partner, one in an expiring sublet and one in a damp and mouldy home they can’t afford to heat …

“Our housing co-op was built as short-term accommodation with students – assumed to be young, single, ‘mobile’ people – in mind, according to early documents. People weren’t meant to stay a long time because of the relatively poor standard of accommodation. Our houses are more overcrowded than the legal requirement for private-rented homes, with eight people to one kitchen and one shower. We’re near an incinerator and back on to a railway line. The soil in our garden – once used as a dump by the council – is too toxic to grow vegetables in.

“It’s also a really great place to live. There is a community (that happily includes older people); there are often parties; being involved raises interesting questions about how we should live; most of my housemates are a joy, who got me through lockdown and bolster my life; and – importantly – we are free of a landlord. But for many people, it’s not a place to stay forever or to grow old. There are a lot of needs we can accommodate, but we can’t be anything other than what we are: 14 crowded, shared houses, squashed together, where you can’t have a baby or a dog. It can be tiring to live with so many people. And it’s draining to live with those who feel trapped, resentful and unhappy. But for many, there’s no choice to leave. When I moved in in 2017, renting something equivalent would have cost around twice what we pay – now it’s probably three times as much, and a struggle to find. A studio flat, meanwhile, is absolutely out of reach for almost everyone.”

[ancientsstudies]

Chatsworth House by dariashew.

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

In memory of Roger Corman, who passed at the age of 98...

As requested by @algusunderdunk, this gif collection of Corman and Vincent Price's work over the years.

Rest in peace, sir. You're a legend. Tell Vincent we say hi.

[vinceaddams]

why do fake fireplaces always just have fake decorative logs? They could put anything in there.

[hotdaemondtargaryen]

TOM GLYNN-CARNEY SENDING OLIVIA COOKE A DRINK WHILE SHE WAS GETTING READY FOR THE HOTD LONDON PREMIERE (2022)

happy 'house of the dragon' london premiere day!

[goryhorroor]

“horror movies were reborn in the 1930s. sound revolutionized cinema across the board and had a huge impact on the horror genre— and not just in the form of dialogue. sound effects added an extra dimension to terror, from creaking doors to echoing footsteps to the rumbling of castle thunder. music cues built suspense or signaled the presence of a threat. as screen storytelling moved away from symbolism towards realism, the dreamlike wraiths of silent cinema were replaced by monsters that grunted, groaned and howled.”

[professorcalculusstanaccount]

The penultimate part of my story, The House of Glass. Tintin's investigation hits a wall. Follows directly from this!

If you're enjoying this comic, please consider donating to Eyad, he is a father of four trying to evacuate his family from the Gaza strip. His wife Amal, and their kids, Sami (11), Mohammad (9), Sarah (7) and Saad (5) are currently in a displacement school in the Zaytoun area. Eyad has been separated from his family, and is currently living in a tent in the Dier al-Balah area.

His blog is @abosamisblog

[thenordroom]

Playful Materials, Textures, and Colors in a London Home (subscribe to the newsletter to receive new home tours)

[myfandomprompts]

Ewan Mitchell filmed by his stylist, Davey Stutton and giving him the wink.

Happy I met him as a brunette, next goal- meeting him as a blonde. 🤗

[architectureofdoom]

Heygate Abstracted, Simon Kennedy

[feckcops]

How to Make a Home in a Housing Crisis

"In the UK today, the logic of ‘home’ is configured through the property market, in which people are supposed to invest in ‘assets’, from which they might extract yet more wealth in the form of rent. In this context, hundreds of thousands of people are homeless, whilst there are over 500,000 homes with no permanent resident. Social housing is shoddy and scarce, and not an option at all for those with no recourse to public funds, including many migrants; private sector rents are extortionate, sucking up a third of most tenants’ income, and almost 50% in London; and buying a home is unaffordable for a large proportion of the population due to house prices rising faster than wages. This arid landscape of home – the ‘housing crisis’ – is the result of decades of government policy favouring wealth accumulation for the few, over reliable roofs for everyone ...

"The state’s preferred model of home-life is not privileged for its likelihood to nurture love and happiness, but for its utility to capital. Organising society into atomised nuclear family units props up the reproduction of workers for capitalism, shores up property relations through marriage and inheritance, and restricts opportunities for solidarity against the state. Private households maximise consumption whilst minimising communality – for example, from the mid-twentieth century, the rise of domestic appliances marketed at women saw a shift away from shared services such as laundrettes.

"Many groups are excluded from this limited and limiting vision of home. People without a home or living in a version of home other than the capitalist ideal are maligned and disciplined or deprived of housing altogether as a punishment for alterity. Drug users are routinely excluded from shelters; queer and trans people struggle to find safe refuge; undocumented migrants face criminalisation if they seek shelter, such as when the homeless charity St Mungo’s colluded with the Home Office to identify migrants for deportation. Meanwhile, rough sleepers face stigma and cruelty for attempting to survive on the streets."

[ancientsstudies]

Wallington Hall by thiswildandbeautiful.

[livesunique]

Hertford House, Manchester Square, London, United Kingdom,

Andrea De Santis Photography

[literatureaesthetic]

recent purchase 💸 i've been trying to slow down with my book buying this year (it's not going well), but ever since i saw 'the house on via gemito' on the international booker longlist, i knew i wanted to read it. especially because italy is one of the countries i'm focusing on this year for my "read around the world" challenge!!

[hotdaemondtargaryen]

PHIA SABAN IN LONDON.