Charity urges London mayoral candidates to tackle refugee homelessness
In the run-up to London’s mayoral election in May, a refugee charity has urged candidates to prioritise refugee homelessness. This
Southwark sees 600% increase in number of empty homes in 2020
1/24 homes in Southwark have no one living in them
London’s Homelessness Crisis: number of rough sleepers was up 21% pre-pandemic
There were 10,726 rough sleepers in London between April 2019 and March 2020, according to concerning data compiled by multi-agency
Elephant and Castle regeneration project faces Court of Appeal challenge
A new appeal against the approval of a shopping centre regeneration project in Elephant and Castle was granted by the
A Spotify-style subscription for your home – experts discuss the future of housing at Kensington event
In the same way that Spotify dismantled individual ownership of music, subscription-based networks could do away with the need to
Mayor calls for stamp duty devolution to overcome generational housing divide
The Mayor of London has called for stamp duty receipts to be devolved to London to fund affordable homes. Just
Selling off Brixton HMP would be ‘alarmingly short-termist’ amid housing crisis, says think-tank
Allowing private development on Brixton Prison land would worsen London’s housing crisis, according to an economics think-tank. Police, firefighters, paramedics and
MP hopes homelessness bill will make ‘huge difference’ in tackling a growing problem
Tom Brake believes a bill passed in parliament today will help reduce the number of homeless people across London. The
Carshalton and Wallington MP attacks letting agents for ‘unfair and arbitrary’ fees
Carshalton and Wallington MP Tom Brake has attacked letting agents for ‘arbitrary and unfair’ fees, delivering a petition to Parliament yesterday
Wilder edge of London’s property market: ‘Nature’s housing association’ finds homes for birds and bees
An unusual housing association has sprung up in London which seeks to tackle the housing crisis with a very distinctive
‘A scar on London’s streets’: Croydon hard hit as homeless households in the capital soar by 92% in five years
Croydon is now ranked as the worst south west London borough for rough sleepers as London homeless households increase by 92% since 2010, revealed a government