Here is the latest podcast from our London2062 work programme, undertaken jointly with University College London. This time we hear from David Lunts, Executive Director for Housing at the GLA, set out what he believes will be the major challenges for housing over the next fifty years. You can download this episode here. … [Read more...]
London’s Housing Challenge
April 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The second London 2062 event was last Wednesday, on the theme of housing. These seminars are a collaboration between Future of London and UCL, where we are bringing together our practitioner and academic networks to discuss how the work we do now and in the next few years can influence positively London’s longer-term future. We had four … [Read more...]
The Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation Explained
February 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Source: GLA In these two new Future of London briefing papers, Luke Hildyard outlines the key features of Green Deal and ECO, and the potential roles that London Boroughs could play in their delivery. The first, , outlines the policy framework underpinning Green Deal and ECO, explains how the two might interact in practice, and sets out the … [Read more...]
How can Boroughs drive demand for the Green Deal?
January 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Future of London, supported by EDF Energy, are hosting a suite of events addressing the specific challenges boroughs face in implementing the Green Deal and ECO in London. The overarching question driving the events is: How can Boroughs drive demand for the Green Deal? The events will focus on three distinct themes: Borough Challenges - Tuesday 7 … [Read more...]
What next for affordable housing?
November 2, 2011 By 1 Comment
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...]
London Energy Efficiency Fund launches
October 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Yesterday I attended the launch of the London Energy Efficiency Fund (“LEEF”). Led by Amber Infrastructure with their partners Arup and Royal Bank of Scotland, LEEF aims to provide affordable, flexible, repayable loans for public sector organisations wishing to reduce the energy consumption of their assets by at least 20%. LEEF can lend to … [Read more...]
Localism and the delivery of social and economic infrastructure
September 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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...]
A Green Deal for London?
June 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Future of London hosted a roundtable discussion this morning looking at the mechanisms that will underpin the Government's proposals for a Green Deal. We heard from civil servants from within the Department for the Environment and Climate Change (DECC), as well as colleagues from across a number of London boroughs and the GLA. We also had … [Read more...]
HRA Reform
June 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
HRA Reform was the subject of conversation at our breakfast seminar just a stone’s throw from City Hall this week. Richard Parker and Joe Reeves spoke about the work PwC has been doing with Government on the reforms to the housing revenue account subsidy system, with Ken Jones of LB Barking and Dagenham and Jim Saunders from Regenter giving the … [Read more...]
New ways to pay
April 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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...]
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