As US cities face a housing crisis, algorithms are deciding who can and cannot rent a home

Automated screening programmes scan credit scores, eviction or criminal histories and even social media activity to determine if an applicant is a risk.

Carey L Biron, Thomson Reuters Foundation News

· Nov 19, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Nirmala Sitharaman announces Rs 25,000-crore fund for completing stalled housing projects

More than 1,600 housing projects are stuck at present, including about 4.58 lakh housing units, the Union finance minister told reporters.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 06, 2019 · 08:19 pm

Communist Cuba has recognised private home ownership for first time since the revolution

With a public referendum still to come, what impact will such measures have for ordinary Cubans?

Regina Serpa, The Conversation

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Isobel Anderson, The Conversation

· Aug 05, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Facing eviction, residents of a Mumbai Partition-era colony fear they will become homeless again

Even as their homes crumble around them, many of the colony’s 1,008 Punjabi families are resisting the civic body’s evacuation order.

Aarefa Johari

· Aug 01, 2018 · 09:00 am

Why there are so many forced evictions in Nairobi, and how the city can fix it

Kenya needs to complete its national digital land registry to increase transparency and efficiency of the city’s land.

Kefa Otiso, The Conversation

· Jul 28, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Citizens have sued Washington over housing policies that have sidelined poor, minority communities

The lawsuit comes as Washington grapples with some of the highest rents in the country amid a national crisis in affordable housing.

Carey L Biron, Thomson Reuters Foundation News

· Jul 01, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Housing paradox: Despite a severe shortage, 12% of houses in Indian cities are lying vacant

But there is no public policy intervention on this distortion in the functioning of land and housing markets.

Sahil Gandhi

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Meenaz Munshi

· May 11, 2017 · 07:30 pm

Mind the gap: Indian cities need 18 million houses – even as nine million houses lie vacant

Rent control laws, taxes and personal preferences are among the main reasons for this.

Swastik Harish

· Dec 16, 2016 · 06:30 pm

The Development Plan for Mumbai seeks to create affordable homes – but the idea is on shaky ground

The civic body's blueprint for the city's growth leaves many questions unanswered.

Darryl D’Monte

· Jul 21, 2016 · 08:00 am

No Muslims, no single people: Anyone who rents in Mumbai has to follow an unspoken code of conduct

A UN study recently confirmed that Muslims find it more difficult than others to rent in Delhi-NCR, but that’s been the case in Mumbai for years now.

Taran N Khan

· May 25, 2016 · 12:30 pm

Does Mumbai really need 11 lakh more houses?

The state’s plans to build more houses in the city is just a sophisticated land-grab scheme.

Hussain Indorewala

· Mar 22, 2016 · 02:30 pm