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On 28 April we launched our major programme for 2022, Affordable housing: Overcoming crisis through collaboration. Read the write-up of the lively panel discussion and watch the video here.
The government’s long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper is a commitment to tackle geographical inequities and spread opportunity more equally across the UK. But what does this mean for London?
Reflecting on the past two years, it’s clear we need holistic, integrated solutions that put people at the heart of our thinking about the built environment. Through their Building Communities strategy, Countryside are taking a whole systems approach to improving the way they work with communities, to maximise social value in their projects and build sustainable, thriving places.
The Mayor’s recently launched Delivering Quality Homes Handbook summarises 50 ways in which developing councils and housing associations can improve their own teams and processes to get the quality they want.
In October 2018 Future of London launched the Council-led Housing Forum at the top of City Hall. The panoramic views across the capital reminded us how vast and diverse the character of the capital’s built environment is…
We explore how neighbourhood scale projects are making a difference to health in Islington as part of our Health Neighbourhoods: working together programme.
Check out this podcast/Proposal/resource list for ideas and inspiration on incorporating accessible tech into older people’s housing for greater support, independence and sustainability.
As part of our Building recovery programme, this roundtable aimed to highlight the key challenges facing the sector when it comes to prioritising fairness in recovery. Our multi-disciplinary panel gave their reflections on the sector’s urgent priorities with key themes around procurement, diversity and skills gaps.
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.
Guest blog post from Sarah Birt on how cities will deliver on their climate emergency declarations through achieving zero carbon developments. New housing developments, in particular, are under pressure to balance ‘net zero’ with affordability and project viability, which is easier said than done.
Future of London panel discussion exploring how the public sector can navigate the four major challenges currently facing affordable home builders in London: new fire safety regulations, net zero targets, Brexit and Covid-19.
Since March 2020, the way we connect with each other has dramatically changed. But what influence does the built environment have? One day before the second UK lockdown came to an end, we explored the role of the built environment in fostering a sense of community.