GLA renews backing for council-led housebuilding network

After a successful three years, the Council-Led Housing Network has a new mandate to support local authority housebuilding. Here’s what public and private sector partners, including Deputy Mayor Tom Copley, said about the challenges of council-led development. The Greater London Authority has renewed financial support for the Council-Led Housing Network, … Read more

Council-Led Housing Forum – How apprenticeships can help build recovery

In the context of building recovery, councils are looking at how to create more opportunities for under-presented groups to get involved in housing delivery. Future of London’s Council-Led Housing Forum held a roundtable on Apprenticeships and Traineeships, exploring how apprenticeships are an effective way of diversifying development management teams and helping councils recover from the pandemic.

London’s councils can learn from each other on tackling the housing crisis

Kings Crescent, Hackney (courtesy of Hackney Council)

A lack of skills and experience in delivering homes is holding some London councils back. Future of London aims to tackle that issue, as Deputy Chief Executive Nicola Mathers explains (as first appeared on Inside Housing, 20 October 2018) This week Future of London launched its new Council-Led Housing Forum, a three-year programme of events … Read more