Tuesday briefing: Why England’s homes are built to bake – and what’s being done about it

The urban heat island effect and dense housing could make some househould in cities like London especially vulnerable to overheating. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Good morning. With temperatures soaring across Europe, fears of drought and people trying to steer clear of the most severe heat, there’s one place millions of us will still not be comfortable: home.

The Guardian’s Hot Property series shows how the poorest and most vulnerable are trapped inside dangerously hot homes. Even for today’s temperatures much housing is inadequate, let alone the even more extreme heat predicted for the coming years, the reporting shows.