# Social and public housing - [Media reports](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/media-stories.md) - [Nearly 1/2 councils in UK use algorithms to help make claims decisions (The Guardian, 28 Oct 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/media-stories/nearly-1-2-councils-in-uk-use-algorithms-to-help-make-claims-decisions-the-guardian-28-oct-2020.md) - [Hackney Council in London unable to pay housing benefit after cyber attack (Sky News, 17 Oct 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/media-stories/hackney-council-in-london-unable-to-pay-housing-benefit-after-cyber-attack-sky-news-17-oct-2020.md) - [The external wall systems crisis affecting 100,000s of flats in England (InsideHousing, 15 Oct 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/media-stories/the-external-wall-systems-crisis-affecting-100-000s-of-flats-in-uk-inside-housing-15-oct-2020.md) - [UK: Taxpayers giving millions to private companies for housing vulnerable (TBIJ, 8 September 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/media-stories/taxpayers-giving-millions-to-private-companies-for-housing-vulnerable-tbij-8-september-2020.md) - [UK: The new-look Affordable Homes Programme at a glance (Inside Housing, 8 September 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/media-stories/uk-the-new-look-affordable-homes-programme-at-a-glance-inside-housing-8-september-2020.md) - [More public housing in Barcelona to avoid the expulsion of residents (La Vanguardia, 14 June 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/media-stories/more-public-housing-in-barcelona-to-avoid-the-expulsion-of-residents-la-vanguardia-14-june-2020.md) - [Barcelona's shipping container homes as social housing fix (The Guardian, 6 September 2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/media-stories/barcelonas-shipping-container-homes-as-social-housing-fix-the-guardian-6-september-2019.md) - [Social housing in Europe: the end of an era? (Metropolitiques, 26 Sept 2012)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/media-stories/social-housing-in-europe-the-end-of-an-era-26-september-2012.md) - [Academic reports and papers](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/academic-reports-and-papers.md) - [Denmark’s private non-profit housing system governance and finances examined (5 August 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/academic-reports-and-papers/denmarks-private-non-profit-housing-system-examined-5-august-2020.md) - [Comparing Social Housing in Berlin and Vienna (June 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/academic-reports-and-papers/comparing-social-housing-in-berlin-and-vienna-june-2020.md) - [Affordable, Social, and Substandard Housing and Mortality: EPIPorto Cohort, 1999-2019 (May 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/academic-reports-and-papers/affordable-social-and-substandard-housing-and-mortality-epiporto-cohort-1999-2019-may-2020.md) - [Privatisation and the death of public housing (May 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/academic-reports-and-papers/privatisation-and-the-death-of-public-housing-may-2020.md) - [Does proximity to fast food cause childhood obesity? Evidence from public housing (May 2020)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/academic-reports-and-papers/does-proximity-to-fast-food-cause-childhood-obesity-evidence-from-public-housing-may-2020.md) - [Examples of Financialisation & Institutionalisation of Affordable Housing (September 2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/academic-reports-and-papers/examples-of-financialisation-and-institutionalisationof-affordable-housing-september-2019.md) - [Innovative Arrangements between Public and Private Actors in Affordable Housing (February 2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/academic-reports-and-papers/innovative-arrangements-between-public-and-private-actors-in-affordable-housing-february-2019.md) - [Financing social and affordable housing in Europe: the CEB's approach (May 2015)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/academic-reports-and-papers/financing-social-and-affordable-housing-in-europe-the-cebs-approach-may-2015.md) - [Social Housing & Illegal State Aid: The Agreement Between the EC & the Netherlands (March 2011)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/academic-reports-and-papers/social-housing-and-illegal-state-aid-the-agreement-between-the-ec-and-the-netherlands-march-2011.md) - [Social Housing in Europe II. A review of policies and outcomes (LSE, Dec 2008)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/academic-reports-and-papers/social-housing-in-europe-ii.-a-review-of-policies-and-outcomes-lse-december-2008.md) - [Advocacy and policy reports and projects](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/advocacy-reports-and-projects.md) - [Making a house a home (podcast, Housing Europe, 2017-present)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/advocacy-reports-and-projects/making-a-house-a-home-podcast-housing-europe-2017-present.md) - [The importance of affordable rental housing (IUT, July 2016)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/advocacy-reports-and-projects/the-importance-of-affordable-rental-housing-iut-july-2016.md) - [The State of Housing in the EU (Housing Europe, 2012-2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/advocacy-reports-and-projects/the-state-of-housing-in-the-eu-housing-europe-2015-2019.md) - [Social Housing in the EU (European Parliament, Feb 2013)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/advocacy-reports-and-projects/social-housing-in-the-eu-european-parliament-february-2013.md) - [Financing affordable social housing in Europe (UN-Habitat, 2009)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/advocacy-reports-and-projects/financing-affordable-social-housing-in-europe-un-habitat-2009.md) - [Activist initiatives](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/activist-initiatives.md) - [Law, regulations and other policy](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/law-regulations-and-other-policy.md) - [Court cases and other jurisprudence](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/court-cases-and-other-jurisprudence.md) - [Data sources, sets and visualisations](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/data-sources-sets-and-visualisations.md) - [VIZ: Share of social housing per country in Europe (Housing Europe, 2019)](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/data-sources-sets-and-visualisations/share-of-social-housing-per-country-in-europe-housing-europe-2019.md) - [Research and data questions](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/research-and-data-questions.md) - [Corporate actors lobbying at the EU to 'prevent' member states from having 'too much' social housing](https://housing-base.journalismarena.eu/social-and-public-housing/research-and-data-questions/corporate-actors-lobbying-at-the-eu-to-prevent-member-states-from-having-too-much-social-housing.md) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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