The UK government has reportedly been forced to rehome hundreds of Ukrainian refugees after their hosts in Britain turned out to be “unsuitable.” The Observer broke the news on Sunday, citing sources linked to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). According to the head of the DLUHC, …
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The Federal Reserve Bank’s Dallas branch has warned of a “brewing US housing bubble,” saying that prices have surged beyond levels justified by market fundamentals, creating risk of a market collapse. “There is growing concern that US house prices are again becoming unhinged from fundamentals,” Fed economists said in a …
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Forced to give up their dreams of a “real house,” first time home-buyers set their sights lower, and ex-homeowners muscled out of the market by Covid-19-related job losses have to do the same. The need is great enough that these once-derided mobile homes are now achieving mainstream respectability, according to …
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This week we have discovered yet more evidence of the wealthy getting wealthier by avoiding paying their fair share of tax by using offshore companies registered in various tax havens across the globe. Thanks to the efforts of dozens of journalists and campaigners in bringing us the Pandora Papers, a …
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Brian Chesky, the CEO of Airbnb, announced over Twitter this week that his company plans to house 20,000 Afghanistan refugees for free, thanks to the “generosity” of its hosts. Now call me cynical, but this sounds a bit like reputational laundering from a platform capitalist whose business is known worldwide …
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The judge rejected claims that jailing transgender sexual or violent offenders with cisgender women was discriminatory. A female inmate, known as FDJ, launched legal action against the Ministry of Justice after claiming she had been sexually assaulted by a trans woman at HMP Bronzefield near London in 2017. The alleged …
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In an Instagram post over the weekend, Cullors praised a National Public Radio report that “highlighted” the history of racism in the US housing market. “Thank you @npr for highlighting the history of racism inside of the housing market and why Black homeownership has always been a way to disrupt …
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The building hosting the media offices collapsed following a series of massive explosions apparently caused by the Israeli strikes, footage published by the Ruptly video news agency shows. The Israeli military warned the owners of the building in advance about the strike, allowing the journalists working inside to evacuate, AP …
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Pakistani bases, airspace and all-season supply routes and communication lines into neighboring Afghanistan had been crucial in enabling and sustaining the US-led military invasion following the 9/11 attacks two decades ago. However, at a press meet in the capital Islamabad on Tuesday, Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi said …
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Colonel Wayne Marotto, a spokesperson for the US-led coalition, said the base was “attacked by an unmanned aerial surveillance system” on Saturday morning, adding that no injuries were reported but that a hangar inside the military facility was damaged. The incident is currently being investigated. According to local media, there …
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