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A Place to Call Home Links London Poverty Then, Now

By Drooid · Oct 19, 2026, 10:45 AM UTC · How we work

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Senate House Housing Exhibition

Senate House Library has opened the “A Place to Call Home” exhibition on London housing history.
The show pairs Charles Booth’s Victorian poverty maps with contemporary UK deprivation indices.
Curator Mura Ghosh notes that today’s rented-sector conditions continue historic slum problems.
Audio recordings feature St Mungo’s residents describing homelessness and high rent pressures.
About 27% of Londoners live in relative poverty after housing costs.

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Lion Green Road Wins

Lion Green Road won the 2026 RIBA Stirling Prize, the UK’s top architecture award.
Mary Duggan Architects and RUFF Architects designed the five-block, 157-home scheme for Croydon Council.
The development occupies a former car park and spans a site with eight-metre height variation.
Council-owned developer Brick by Brick funded the project as a public-asset housing initiative.
Efficient construction methods and simple finishes reduced the scheme’s carbon emissions.

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Senate House Housing Exhibition

Senate House Library has opened the “A Place to Call Home” exhibition on London housing history.
The show pairs Charles Booth’s Victorian poverty maps with contemporary UK deprivation indices.
Curator Mura Ghosh notes that today’s rented-sector conditions continue historic slum problems.
Audio recordings feature St Mungo’s residents describing homelessness and high rent pressures.
About 27% of Londoners live in relative poverty after housing costs.

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