News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?"
@nospacelikehome.bsky.social
This project extends our existing research on homes and homemaking, focused on small homes in English cities PI: Phil Hubbard; CO-Is: Katherine Brickell, Helen Carr, Jon Reades, Eleanor Wilkinson with Ella Harris, Iliana Ortega Alcazar and Ruth Neville
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Our first project bulletin can be downloaded here: static1.squarespace.com/static/6762d...
RW think tank argues for removing space standards from 'homes for young professionals', all part of the build, build mantra which thinks more small housing will solve the housing affordability crisis! www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/thinkta...
Thinktank calls for new asset class to boost housing for young professionals
Centre-right thinktank Onward proposes creating Purpose Built Young Professional Accommodation as a new asset-class with exemptions from space standards and affordable housing requirements to boost de...
www.housingtoday.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
RW think tank argues for removing space standards from 'homes for young professionals', all part of the build, build mantra which thinks more small housing will solve the housing affordability crisis! www.housingtoday.co.uk/news/thinkta...
HMO sector, increasing number of flatshares where there is no lounge, just shared kitchen and bathrooms. Another symptom of shrinking Britain? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Houses without lounges are a reality for renters
Nearly a third of homes advertised on a property sharing website had no living room.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
HMO sector, increasing number of flatshares where there is no lounge, just shared kitchen and bathrooms. Another symptom of shrinking Britain? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A local authority has approved 1 bed flats for 2 people that are 16m2 under the Nationally Described Space Standard, noting that these could be detrimental to the living conditions of future occupants! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Flats approved for empty Wisbech hotel building despite concerns
Councillors approved the plans for the former hotel, wishing the developers
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM
A local authority has approved 1 bed flats for 2 people that are 16m2 under the Nationally Described Space Standard, noting that these could be detrimental to the living conditions of future occupants! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Too many homes for elderly = small rooms, institutional, lack of familiar strangers, too much seclusion. Privacy valued, important for dignity, but risks of loneliness - is this the answer? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Riba Stirling Prize 2025: Appleby Blue Almshouse named Britain's best new building
Appleby Blue Almshouse in London wins the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Prize.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Too many homes for elderly = small rooms, institutional, lack of familiar strangers, too much seclusion. Privacy valued, important for dignity, but risks of loneliness - is this the answer? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A new paper in SI about urban densification and liveability about the regulation of housing space standards in England www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @kbrickell.bsky.social @gypjh2000.bsky.social
Implementing the nationally described space standard: regulating housing in a devolved planning system
The English housing crisis of the twenty-first century is creating intense demand for new housing, especially in London and the core cities. This is manifest in densification, verticalisation, and ...
www.tandfonline.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A new paper in SI about urban densification and liveability about the regulation of housing space standards in England www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @kbrickell.bsky.social @gypjh2000.bsky.social
@gypjh2000.bsky.social speaking about our small homes research in an UGRG @rgsibg.bsky.social webinar about housing, gentrification and financialisation of property 31 October 1300-1400. cuhk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #Housing #Inequality #Gentrification #planning
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: UGRG Webinar by Prof Phil Hubbard on 31 Oct 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Title: "No space like home? Small domestic properties, compensatory urbanism and housing futures"
In this presentation, Phil Hubbard will consider the rise of micro-apartments in the UK as a potentia...
cuhk.zoom.us
October 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
@gypjh2000.bsky.social speaking about our small homes research in an UGRG @rgsibg.bsky.social webinar about housing, gentrification and financialisation of property 31 October 1300-1400. cuhk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #Housing #Inequality #Gentrification #planning
Will Bristol follow London in bringing recommended space standards for co-living developments? www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Concerns over tiny co-living flats could see new rules introduced
Each studio flat would be smaller than two car parking spaces
www.bristolpost.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Will Bristol follow London in bringing recommended space standards for co-living developments? www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Room to live? not when a living room has to double as a bedroom putney.news/2025/10/10/w...
Wandsworth’s shameful Alton plan: Living rooms as bedrooms in brand new builds - Putney.news
Wandsworth expects families to use living rooms as bedrooms in new Alton Estate homes. "Absolutely ridiculous" says resident. Vote ends 16 Oct.
putney.news
October 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Room to live? not when a living room has to double as a bedroom putney.news/2025/10/10/w...
Can microapartments be the answer to HMOs proliferating in areas of 'family' housing? Or does preventing the development of smaller homes push residents into HMO sector? Whatever, HMO in the news again, this time in Liverpool:
#microapartment #floorplan #HMO #planning www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#microapartment #floorplan #HMO #planning www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Liverpool City Council plans crackdown on 'HMO sandwiches'
City leaders in Liverpool want to stop residential homes finding themselves sandwiched between HMOs.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Can microapartments be the answer to HMOs proliferating in areas of 'family' housing? Or does preventing the development of smaller homes push residents into HMO sector? Whatever, HMO in the news again, this time in Liverpool:
#microapartment #floorplan #HMO #planning www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#microapartment #floorplan #HMO #planning www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Another local authority has decided to adopt space standards: "even one square metre could make a difference to young parents with a pram." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Stoke-on-Trent councillors back calls for larger homes
Stoke-on-Trent city councillors call on the authority to adopt government house sizing guidelines.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Another local authority has decided to adopt space standards: "even one square metre could make a difference to young parents with a pram." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"In just two years, the proportion of co-location applications [that include industrial use] alongside purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) and co-living formats has jumped from near-zero to one in every two applications submitted" in Ldn www.showhouse.co.uk/co-location-...
Co-location set to deliver 31,000 new London homes, Turley finds - Show House
New research by independent advisory firm, Turley, has found that co-location developments could deliver 31,000 new homes across London.
www.showhouse.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
"In just two years, the proportion of co-location applications [that include industrial use] alongside purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) and co-living formats has jumped from near-zero to one in every two applications submitted" in Ldn www.showhouse.co.uk/co-location-...
Tim White on the European housing crisis: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White
We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Tim White on the European housing crisis: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Soviet Union post-war housing
above: 1 room (with seperate kitchen) ≈32 m2
below: 2 rooms (with separate kitchen) ≈ 40m2
both dual aspect for daylight & ventilation, & having separate kitchens with windows
This is *better* standard than what’s planned for Ireland in 2025 #housing
above: 1 room (with seperate kitchen) ≈32 m2
below: 2 rooms (with separate kitchen) ≈ 40m2
both dual aspect for daylight & ventilation, & having separate kitchens with windows
This is *better* standard than what’s planned for Ireland in 2025 #housing
July 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Soviet Union post-war housing
above: 1 room (with seperate kitchen) ≈32 m2
below: 2 rooms (with separate kitchen) ≈ 40m2
both dual aspect for daylight & ventilation, & having separate kitchens with windows
This is *better* standard than what’s planned for Ireland in 2025 #housing
above: 1 room (with seperate kitchen) ≈32 m2
below: 2 rooms (with separate kitchen) ≈ 40m2
both dual aspect for daylight & ventilation, & having separate kitchens with windows
This is *better* standard than what’s planned for Ireland in 2025 #housing
Reposted by News from UKRI-funded project "No space like home?"
Opposition parties have rounded on plans by Housing Minister James Browne to reduce apartment sizes and community spaces as a way of cutting the cost of construction, saying that the plan has been tried before and failed.
Housing Minister looks to reduce minimum apartment size to cut cost of construction
Apartment sizes, communal spaces and other areas are part of the raft of measures.
www.thejournal.ie
July 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Opposition parties have rounded on plans by Housing Minister James Browne to reduce apartment sizes and community spaces as a way of cutting the cost of construction, saying that the plan has been tried before and failed.
Our first project bulletin can be downloaded here: static1.squarespace.com/static/6762d...
July 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Our first project bulletin can be downloaded here: static1.squarespace.com/static/6762d...
Student housing markets looking less stable than in recent past. Post-2030, will much of the student accommodation convert to non-student occupation? And what will that mean for liveability - this accommodation was only designed for term-time occupancy. www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/student...
Student accommodation provider reports slowdown in reservations
Student accommodation provider Empiric Student Property has reported a slowdown in reservations for the forthcoming academic year.
www.insidehousing.co.uk
July 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Student housing markets looking less stable than in recent past. Post-2030, will much of the student accommodation convert to non-student occupation? And what will that mean for liveability - this accommodation was only designed for term-time occupancy. www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/student...
Welcoming @iliana.ortega.alcazar to the ESRC small homes project, on a hot day in Ldn. #smallhouseliving #smallhousung #urbangeography #sheffieldgeography #kingscollegelondon
June 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Welcoming @iliana.ortega.alcazar to the ESRC small homes project, on a hot day in Ldn. #smallhouseliving #smallhousung #urbangeography #sheffieldgeography #kingscollegelondon
Brilliant to come together as a team on Friday, led by @gypjh2000.bsky.social
Our study on small homes in England and Wales runs until May 2027
We have a brand new website www.nospacelikehome.study
And a LinkedIN page www.linkedin.com/company/1065...
Follow us for more information & updates ℹ️
Our study on small homes in England and Wales runs until May 2027
We have a brand new website www.nospacelikehome.study
And a LinkedIN page www.linkedin.com/company/1065...
Follow us for more information & updates ℹ️
April 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Brilliant to come together as a team on Friday, led by @gypjh2000.bsky.social
Our study on small homes in England and Wales runs until May 2027
We have a brand new website www.nospacelikehome.study
And a LinkedIN page www.linkedin.com/company/1065...
Follow us for more information & updates ℹ️
Our study on small homes in England and Wales runs until May 2027
We have a brand new website www.nospacelikehome.study
And a LinkedIN page www.linkedin.com/company/1065...
Follow us for more information & updates ℹ️
@gypjh2000.bsky.social speaking about housing for students and space standards in HMOs next week in RSA webinar on legal geography lounge.regionalstudies.org/Meetings/Mee...
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March 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
@gypjh2000.bsky.social speaking about housing for students and space standards in HMOs next week in RSA webinar on legal geography lounge.regionalstudies.org/Meetings/Mee...
Our project on small homes in England and Wales will run Dec 2024 - May 2027. Follow us here for news and updates about the work. Not sure what the debates are? Read this: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
November 19, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Our project on small homes in England and Wales will run Dec 2024 - May 2027. Follow us here for news and updates about the work. Not sure what the debates are? Read this: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....