Category: Squatting

Blue for poor, yellow for posh: the London maps exposing centuries of terrible housing

by The Guardian | Oct 19, 2026 | Culture, Exhibitions, Housing, London, Museums, Poverty, Social history, Social housing, Society, Squatting, The Guardian | 0 |

From rent strikes to squatting, a new show reveals how people have managed to keep a roof over their head in London – and the mould and astronomical rents that persistCharles Booth’s pioneering poverty maps of Victorian London...

Squatters take over Gordon Ramsay hotel and pub in London

by The Guardian | Apr 13, 2024 | Communities, Gordon Ramsay, Housing, London, Squatting, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

At least six people lock themselves in Grade II-listed York and Albany next to Regent’s Park and post noticeSquatters have taken over a pub in London leased by Gordon Ramsay that is up for sale with a guide price of £13m.A group...