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The national housing shortage and support local communities. tenants of the new properties — which will be built on sites owned by the chain — will have the choice of renting fully furnished with john lewis products or using their own. i can now speak to vicky spratt, who's housing correspondent for the "i" newspaper. vicki, lovely to have you with us here on bbc news this evening. what do you make of this announcement? across the country, we do have the housing emergency. there are not enough affordable homes, and there isn't enough social housing, but 10,000 really won't make a dent in t...

Never were the words "don't look down" so fitting.

twomeowsGetty Images Becoming a homeowner is definitely more than a little bit confusing (why didn't they teach us about credit scores, mortgages and interest rates at school, please?) but it's fairly commonly known that a key barrier to getting a foot on the housing ladder is the need for a large upfront deposit. Typically, prospective homeowners need to put forward a deposit of at least 10% of the property's overall price, although ideally up to 15% or more, if possible. Given we're in an age of inflating property prices and a lack of truly affordable housing, this chunk of money needed up...

Last week, the New York State Senate voted to divest fossil fuel investments from its $266 billion pension portfolio. Co-sponsor Liz Kueger offered this rationale: “Fiduciary and moral responsibility require the process of divestment to begin now. The writing on the wall could not be clearer: fossil fuel producers are a bad long-term investment.” The Fossil Free movement is deservedly celebrating this major accomplishment. The day after I read this news about New York State’s divestment, an article in Bloomberg Green ran an equally dramatic story on the other side: “Since the start of...

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