David Madden
@davidjmadden
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Sociologist at LSE studying cities, housing, and social theory. Co-author, In Defense of Housing
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Joined February 2010
Section 21 eviction ABOLISHED 1 May 2026. This is a huge victory for organised tenants. But the government has left us unprotected over the Winter. We must get organised and defend each other from homelessness. Once S21 is history, we can push forward for rent controls.
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(this is from 1890 and appeared in the Benthamite liberal journal Westminster Review)
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Why does it feel like powerful institutions such as land ownership and property were up for debate in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in ways that aren't allowed today
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🚨 CALL TO ACTION 🚨 The L.A. City Council is voting on a proposal THIS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12th to strengthen the formula to calculate rent increases for rent stabilized apartments. IT'S TIME TO LOWER THE RENT CAP! A quick 🧵 to learn more & TAKE ACTION >>>
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This really just shows, once again, the paucity of the techno-urbanist imagination, which can only conceive of the status quo with more devices and is fully unable to offer an actual alternative urban social order
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It’s logical that tech bros & libertarians are into bullshit like this but it’s absurd for Labour to talk this way. If they’re going to propose urban utopias, they should be exploring cooperative towns based around social and collectively-owned housing and worker-owned businesses
EXCL: Britain's first AI-powered super-tech town could begin construction before the next election, the Housing Secretary tells The Sun. Steve Reed wants to oversee new communities where the likes of roads, shops and care homes run seamlessly on automation and robotics.
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💥 We're hiring! We're looking for a new Campaigns Organiser who can support LRU members to take on our rigged system and win big changes. If that's you, find out more and apply below! 👇 https://t.co/9mLkBIX7ZT
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🙌 HUGE WIN! 💪 The Renters' Rights Bill abolishing section 21 is now LAW. This is a massive victory for renters. It gives us more power to fight for wider transformations like rent controls. The government must introduce the new laws IMMEDIATELY to stop last-minute evictions.
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The Renters' Rights Bill has finally passed through parliament. Abolishing section 21 is a huge victory for organised tenants everywhere. It will give us more security and more power to fight for wider transformations. We must build on this victory and demand more!
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Today a giant died: @tenantspacny Treasurer Michael McKee was integral to more than 50 yrs of fights that kept millions who will never know his name in their homes. Here is the indominable figure getting arrested during the 2015 rent fights & taking a bow: https://t.co/BgRLO6ZjwV
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This piece isn't very fair to Engels, who did after all note that "poverty often dwells in hidden alleys close to the palaces of the rich"
theguardian.com
Cambridge historian Emily Chung finds philosopher’s blistering depictions of segregation may have been exaggerated
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My MP is right ⤵️
Government plans for more home building are deeply flawed because they are wholly dependent on private builders. When expected profits decline, they stop building. It always happens. We need council house building. https://t.co/4AjSJ9A4Vh
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I imagine the Jewish community of the West Midlands must be pretty relieved that a bunch of racist hooligans claiming to represent them isn't going to be rampaging through Birmingham before scarpering back to Israel, leaving the local community to face the inevitable blowback.
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Poor housing quality is a risk factor for depression via DNA methylation--in other words, landlordism, unaffordability and austerity are harming people on a genetic level
bmjpublichealth.bmj.com
Introduction Poor housing quality associates with risk for depression. However, previous research often lacks consideration of socioeconomic status (SES) baseline depressive symptoms and biological...
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Please spread the word and join us if you can. #NoPasaran
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Not sure people not subject to this in their cities truly comprehend how much ICE is terrorizing Chicago. They are everywhere, kidnapping whomever they want, arresting journalists, targeting construction and domestic laborers, deliberately sowing fear in almost every neighborhood
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