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Future of London’s latest Housing Seminar ‘What next for affordable housing?’ played to a packed audience, reflecting the timeliness of this topic for London’s housing practitioners. Themes that resonated through the discussion included the likely scale of future challenge, need for a collaborative approach and importance of working now to … [Read more...]
Bitty, scrappy, messy and non-strategic. That is the way that housing and regeneration in London will be funded (if at all) in the coming years. That was the conclusion of the contributors and audience today at the third in Future of London’s Breakfast Seminar series: New Ways to Pay. Delivery will rely on the different ways a borough can … [Read more...]
Tuesday July 5, 2011 - Tuesday July 5, 2011 Navigant Map and Directions | Register Description: In the last of our series, ‘Navigating Housing and Regeneration in the Brave New World’, we will provide answers to the challenges, old and new, facing authorities in London. In previous seminars, we have mapped in detail the new terrain and … [Read more...]
Tuesday April 5, 2011 - Tuesday April 5, 2011 Navigant Map and Directions | Register Description: This event will look at the tools available to the public and private sector to sustain housing and regeneration delivery using TIF, the New Homes Bonus and more. Places for the event are now fully booked. Register … [Read more...]
The second instalment in this year's Breakfast Seminar Series turned its gaze on the new institutional landscape, as quangos have been hoisted on to the bonfire, or if not, have at least been left with singed eyebrows and minor smoke inhalation. Our panel comprised Dick Sorabji - London Councils, Nick Taylor - HCA, Toby Lloyd - Shelter, Mark … [Read more...]
The next session in our Breakfast Seminar Series, on 22nd February, will examine how London’s new housing bodies will deliver the homes and regeneration that London needs, as well as the government’s radical reforms. The government kept its pledge and scrapped the TSA, though sneaking some of its responsibilities back into the HCA. The role of … [Read more...]
Future of London launched its latest set of Breakfast Seminars this morning, which will be examining the issue of housing provision in London closely over the coming months.This is a period of significant reform and change in the housing sector across the UK. The Coalition government is determined to transform a system which it believes is … [Read more...]
We're very excited to announce the first Future of London event of 2011 where we will launch the second series of Breakfast Seminars on 11 January: New World: What the Government's reforms mean for councils, housing associations and developers The government’s housing reforms are the most radical and far reaching since the state first … [Read more...]
Future of London hosted the latest in its Breakfast Seminar series on 19 October, examining the role that community-led housing might play in the future development of London, in the context of the Comprehensive Spending Review launched that day, and the Coalition Government's vision for the Big Society. The session began with a debate led by … [Read more...]
Coming up on Tuesday 19 October it's the next Future of London breakfast seminar... With grant and Section 106 money in short supply, the last decade's model of housing-led regeneration may have gone for good. Different versions of community-led housing have had an impact in some localities but have struggled to enter the mainstream, … [Read more...]
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