A new paper on student housing, thinking through impacts of regulation on how much space students have to live in! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New student apartments account for a big share of the small homes in core cities, but restrictive HMO licensing encourages this. Read more here: kingsglobalaffairs.substack.com/p/f2e29b31-b...

"Space standards? Forget them. Japan has demonstrated how a talented architect can squeeze exquisite homes from the most preposterous of plots when freed from the constraints of a suite of housing standards." Arguments against regulation here: www.bdonline.co.uk/opinion/we-m...

More concern among councillors that too much new housing is at the minimum space standard and we're creating 'ghettos' of small flats for single occupiers, this time in Bradford www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our second newsletter from the No Space Like Home project includes reflections on the rise of coliving, the national enforcement of space standards and new publications on Tiny and Temporary Homes. Download 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...

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...

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

@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...

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...

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-...

Tim White on the European housing crisis: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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

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...

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

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

@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....