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‘Affordability crisis’: How the Western housing crisis spiralled

Rising rents and prices outpacing wages provoke global debate: Is housing a basic right or an investment asset?

Philosopher Mélanie Plouviez: 'The rich are not rich alone; they are in a social world that protects them'

Wealth is not determined solely by the possessions and assets one accumulates, philosopher Mélanie Plouviez explains in an interview with Le Monde. Since antiquity, a person's fortune has also been defined by one's social standing, relationships of dominance, dependence and honor.

Estate agents say this ‘unfashionable’ London area will soon be the next Hackney

'Young people are being priced out of Hackney, which has become gentrified and really expensive.'

गुन्द्रुकले बदलेको ग्रामीण महिलाको जीवनस्तर

हेटौँडा । केही वर्षअघिसम्म हेटौँडा उपमहानगरपालिका–१२ घलेगाउँकी ३८ वर्षीया श्रिया गुरुङको दैनिकी अधिकांश ग्रामीण महिलाजस्तै थियो। बिहानदेखि साँझसम्म घरधन्दा, खेतबारी र पशुपालनमै समय बित्थ्यो। दिनभरि मिहिनेत गरे पनि आफ्नै आम्दानी थिएन। परिवारको खर्च श्रीमान्को कृषि आम्दानीमा निर्भर थियो। एउटी छोरीको भविष्य, घरखर्च र बढ्दो आर्थिक दायित्वले उनलाई सधैँ पिरोल्थ्यो। ‘आफ्नो कमाइको एक रुपैयाँ पनि थिएन। []

Harvard’s housing report has a darker message than affordability—the middle-class home was always a historical accident

Harvard's U.S. housing report points to an uncomfortable conclusion: homeownership is no longer something you earn. It's something you inherit.