# Media reports

- [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)


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