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Housing providers and charities want development rights abolished amid concern over lack of affordable homes
Dozens of organisations have signed an open letter calling on the government to scrap office-to-residential conversions in England, which analysis has found led to the loss of almost 28,000 affordable homes.
Local government campaigners, housing providers and homelessness charities have all joined the call to abolish some permitted development rights (PDR), which grant automatic planning permission to building projects and are often used to convert office blocks into housing.
NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka are scheduled to face each other in the U.S. Open’s fourth round on Monday. Gauff, a 21-year-old from Florida, is the Grand Slam tournament’s No. 3 seed. Osaka, a 27-year-old who was born in Japan and moved to the U.S. with her family at age 3, is the No. 23 seed. They have won a combined three titles at Flushing Meadows. Monday’s winner will make it to this year’s quarterfinals. Here is what you need…
