Housing for all still a distant dream

Good housekeeping

Traditional architecture makes for better homes

Look within

And not ape the disaster management laws of other nations

Turn to nature

Mangroves and other vegetation can help resist tsunamis

Badly prepared

Disaster preparedness should be built into development programmes

Berlin’s grassroots plan to renationalise up to 200,000 ex-council homes from corporate landlords

A house for the islander

Illogical plans for post-tsunami housing on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands omen trouble

Land use can be changed

Polluted groundwater cannot

COVID-19 lockdown shows why India needs social rental housing

Poor, low-income population needs rents below market rates

Maharashtra draft urban housing policy not enough

GeeliMitti: Busting the myths about mud houses

Mud houses can outlive cement houses by a century

Shock absorbers

Earthquake-resistant buildings minimise damage as a 6.8 Richter earthquake rocks Seattle

Work matters

Proximity to workplace determines housing decisions of slum dwellers, finds a new study

Owning up

The MP government makes amends for the Dewas killing

Reinforced

Building code made stronger

Simply Put: Flagging India’s housing problem

Online

On track

Killer smog back again

Union Budget 2019-20: Four observations on affordable housing

Reading between the lines of the Budget document on Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

Window science

Builder-driven housing schemes are a risk

Home makers

Women of Latur exemplify how people alone can put an end to their misery

Gurgaon to bid goodbye to clotheslines

Simply Put: The real issues