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Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Building homes, communities, and neighbourhoods New Book by Professor Anne Power

Professor Anne Power presents her latest book, Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Building homes, communities, and neighbourhoods. Published by Policy Press, Beyond Bricks and Mortar presents a history of social housing in the U... Read more...

19 May 2025

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LSE Housing and Communities Book Launch

Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Building homes, communities, and neighbourhoods by Anne Power  On 2nd April 2025, CASE and LSE Housing and Communities hosted the launch of Anne Power’s latest book, Beyond Bric... Read more...

10 April 2025

CASE News
LSE Housing and Communities blog posts on high rise buildings and city open spaces

Ellie Benton and Ruby Russell from LSE Housing and Communities recently facilitated a series of knowledge exchange workshops with built environment professionals, leading to the publication of two blogs in the LSE London... Read more...

2 August 2024

CASE News
Community groups are a lifeline in the cost-of-living crisis

New research from LSE Housing has shown that many community groups originally set up to provide support during the pandemic have become a central part of the local response to the cost-of-living crisis.  These organ... Read more...

17 February 2023

LSE Housing and Communities - New Research Project
Mutual Aid Groups and community responses to COVID-19

LSE Housing and Communities has a long-standing interest in the role of mutual aid and self-help groups in developing responses to community problems. Since the start of the lockdown, 10 million people have volunteer... Read more...

8 June 2020

CASE Blog post
The Grenfell Inquiry Report gives the government a lot to act on

Anne Power outlines the key recommendations of the Grenfell Inquiry Report, and writes that the government, the London Fire Service, owners of multi-storey residential blocks, and councils must act on the findings. Yo... Read more...

7 November 2019

CASE Blog post
Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Housing Plus and the wider role of social landlords in low income communities

Professor Anne Power, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Head of LSE Housing and Communities, wrote about the role of social landlords in low income communities. In her article she... Read more...

16 October 2019

New blog post by Bert Provan
Stop doing things to residents of poor neighbourhoods without asking what they need

These days, few organisations can escape the clamour to assess the ‘Social Return on Investment’, or SROI, of proposed new projects. But how often are local people actually asked what they need from local... Read more...

5 November 2018

CASE special event
From Input to Influence: how can the participation of people in poverty shape research and public policy?

A joint event with ATD Fourth World and Goethe University was held on Friday 16th November 2018. Speakers: Tom Croft (Member of ATD Fourth World's International Volunteer Corps) &Moraene Roberts (activ... Read more...

24 October 2018

Special event held as part of the Social Exclusion seminar series
What difference does devolution make for social policies and distributional outcomes?

Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes in a Changing Britain programme series Wednesday 4th July 2018 Listen to the audio recording... Read more...

4 July 2018