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New Centre for London report highlights true extent of London’s hidden homelessness crisis

|Date: 5 October, 2022

New Centre for London report highlights true extent of London’s hidden homelessness crisis

 More than 75,000 children are stuck in temporary accommodation due to insufficient housebuilding and low ...

 More than 75,000 children are stuck in temporary accommodation due to insufficient housebuilding and low benefits, Centre for London report finds. Local authorities in London face the largest demand ...

5 October, 2022
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London housing plan to help achieve net zero and unlock £98bn boost to ‘greener future’

|Date: 15 October, 2021

London housing plan to help achieve net zero and unlock £98bn boost to ‘greener future’

A new plan to achieve net zero across all London properties could see a £98bn investment in the green eco ...

A new plan to achieve net zero across all London properties could see a £98bn investment in the green economy and result in massive environmental and economic benefits, boroughs have declared. All 33 ...

15 October, 2021
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Let communities and councils decide what happens on their local high street

|Date: 27 May, 2021

Let communities and councils decide what happens on their local high street

The Government should give communities more say over the future of their local high street and enable cou ...

The Government should give communities more say over the future of their local high street and enable councils to support them to do this. This is according to a new report published by Centre for Lon ...

27 May, 2021
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London is not building the homes its older residents want and need

|Date: 23 February, 2021

London is not building the homes its older residents want and need

Too many older Londoners are unable to access the housing they need to live independently for longer, acc ...

Too many older Londoners are unable to access the housing they need to live independently for longer, according to a new report by think tank Centre for London. The report, Third Age City: Housing for ...

23 February, 2021
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Think tank calls for next London Mayor to tackle supply and affordability of homes

|Date: 13 March, 2020

Think tank calls for next London Mayor to tackle supply and affordability of homes

The next Mayor of London should launch a major programme of affordable housebuilding, review the green be ...

The next Mayor of London should launch a major programme of affordable housebuilding, review the green belt and develop a ‘fair and transparent’ approach to rent setting. This is according to a housin ...

13 March, 2020
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Government must embrace MMC or risk missing housing target

|Date: 4 July, 2019

Government must embrace MMC or risk missing housing target

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee is urging government to embrace modern methods of ...

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee is urging government to embrace modern methods of construction, warning that an over-reliance on traditional building methods will see the UK fa ...

4 July, 2019
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Sadiq Khan to kickstart major council housebuilding comeback in London

|Date: 16 May, 2018

Sadiq Khan to kickstart major council housebuilding comeback in London

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, launches a new programme to help get 10,000 new council homes underway o ...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, launches a new programme to help get 10,000 new council homes underway over the next four years. In what will be the first ever City Hall programme dedicated to suppor ...

16 May, 2018
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