Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband & Geoff Lloyd
News:Politics
How do we tackle the housing crisis? It’s a question we’ve looked at several times over the years, but it hasn’t become any less pressing. This week, new statistics showed that rents are rising at their fastest rate in almost a decade. We delve into some of the potential solutions, from rent control to long-term tenancy agreements. We hop into our RTBC time machine and go back to 2017, where we speak to Grace, a tenant in a rent-controlled flat and Greg Beales from housing charity Shelter. Last year we also talked to Maria Vassilakou, the former deputy mayor of Vienna, to ask whether we can learn anything from the city’s approach to social housing.
See you on Monday for our next episode of Reasons to be Cheerful!
Listen to RTBC Episode 4: Take back (rent) control: All power to the tenants! (2017)
Listen to RTBC Episode 265: Home sweet (social) home (2022)
Learn more about the work of Shelter and their recent research, including information on the Renters Reform Bill
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
177. PB OR NOT PB: participatory budgeting to give citizens control
176 and a half. BONUS EPISODE - THE MEN WHO STARE AT OATS: Encouraging middle-aged men to adopt a more climate-friendly, plant-based diet.
176. WHO BUILDS WINDMILLS OFF THE SEA SHORE: lessons from Denmark on offshore wind
175. LIVE LONG AND PROSPER: learning from the world’s longevity hotspots
174. ACCOUNT(ABILITY) SUSPENDED: who governs online speech?
173. TIME CONTROL: a flexible working future
172. BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND: Dale Vince on green energy, vegan football & sky diamonds
171. THE REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL 2020 CHART SHOW
170. WE WISH YOU A-M-A* CHRISTMAS (*Ask Me Anything with Ed and Geoff)
169. WESTMINSTER DOESN’T KNOW BEST: time to give power away
168. BEYOND THE LEAN MEAN GOVERNING MACHINE: reimagining the state
167. YOU’VE BEEN FRAMED: shaping the political conversation
166. TO B(CORP) OR NOT TO B: a different way of doing business
165. SHAKE IT LIKE A POLARISED PICTURE: bridging political divides
164. DUMP DONALD, SAVE THE WORLD: the road to COP26
163. DATA, MINE: taking back control from Big Tech
162. HOW MOVEMENTS CHANGE THE WORLD
161. SWEET STREAMS AREN’T MADE OF THIS: what about the musicians?
160. SQUAD SAVE AMERICA: from Ilhan Omar to the Sunrise Movement
159. CTRL ALT-LABOUR: organising in the modern workplace
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Tiny Desk Concerts - Video
The Infinite Monkey Cage
The Audio Long Read
No Such Thing As A Fish
BBC Earth Podcast