housing and homelessness
‘Staking a claim’: how the postwar housing crisis led to a mass squatting movement in Bristol
After the Second World War, Britain faced an acute shortage of homes. The remarkable outbreak of civil disobedience that followed is being remembered as part of a two-month festival of working-class history in South Bristol.
‘The advisory group on the Western Harbour development needs to be much more diverse’
Amid concerns about the group set up to advise on the controversial Cumberland Basin development, we spoke to chair John Savage, and local residents and councillors, about representation, diversity and accountability.
