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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...]
A version of this article first appeared in PPP Journal. The Coalition Government has embarked upon a series of radical reforms since assuming office over a year ago across a broad range of policy areas. A common theme running through many of these has been an emphasis on pushing power and responsibility down through all tiers of government … [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...]
Bagehot, the Economist’s political columnist, wrote a piece last week on the convergence of right and left wing political opinion on that controversial matter of affordable housing policy in London. Compare Boris’s accusation of ‘Kosovo style cleansing’ with shadow work and pensions minister and Westminster North MP Karen Buck’s … [Read more...]
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