The World from PRX

housing

A cozy room with an open door and window, featuring a wooden chair with patterned cushions, a table covered with a white cloth, a painting on the wall, and a potted plant on the windowsill.
Lifestyle
Housing affordability around the world
5:41
A waterway scene in a densely populated area with people in wooden canoes navigating between makeshift structures on stilts. The canoes carry various goods, and several people are visible standing or sitting around the area.
Development
Protests in Nigeria over demolition of Makoko — the ‘Venice of Africa’
7:15
Economics
A place where they haven’t raised the rent in 500 years
5:17
Israel-Hamas war
Many Palestinians in Gaza have no homes left to return to
5:39
Development
Survivors in Indonesia grapple with trauma as they rebuild their lives 20 years after devastating tsunami
5:55
Japan in Focus
Japan’s oldest village tries to attract new, younger residents
8:03
Lifestyle & Belief
How Spain’s rent control is failing locals
4:17
Economics
As Dutch residents struggle to find housing, some are trying new initiatives
6:13
Summer Olympics 2024
This Paris suburb gets a facelift amid controversy ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games
7:14
Workers collect material to be recycled and reused for reconstruction, under the supervision of the United Nations Development Programme in government-controlled Homs, Syria.
Conflict
Syria’s concrete-block architecture contributed to its unraveling