Women-only housing for more equitable living conditions


We are far from a future of equality – to use the numbers from the 2023 WEF Global Gender Gap Report, 131-years-far - even when it comes to the basic need of a home. Radical solutions to tackle the housing problem, then, are required. As radical as the interesting example represented by the recently approved plan to build a women-only block in the UK capital. In the country, women are 36% more likely than men to struggle to afford housing costs. 69% of them who rent privately worry they won't be able to afford anywhere decent if their relationship fails. In this scenario, the initiative represents an alternative...