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The need for housing is ever pressing and the development context increasingly challenging. How can modern methods of construction such as off-site manufacture and modular construction help?
Resident ballots will soon be a GLA funding condition for major schemes involving demolition. To gauge response and understand how the public sector can respond to the initiative’s risks and opportunities, FoL’s London Housing Network focused on balloting in its standing-room-only April session.
FoL’s Housing Older Londoners report summarises our Ageing Cities work, exploring how London can improve older people’s standard of living through better policy, housing and neighbourhoods.
There’s no shortage of Smart Home devices out there, from voice assistants to smart meters and system controls for heating, lighting and security. So far, these tend to be marketed to consumers and installed ad hoc; at FoL’s 8 February workshop, we explored the potential for smart housing at scale … Read more
Smart Cities are a hot topic, with great potential to address intractable urban problems through innovation – and with all hype and uncertainty that come with new areas of endeavour. Getting started with smart-city technologies and systems can seem overwhelming, but there are good reasons to engage. Join us … Read more
With no major help coming in the Autumn Budget, the London housing industry – public, private and third sector – is getting on with business, with nearly 180,000 homes in the pipeline through local government models alone. This FoL/GVA report shows how.
The middle market for older people’s housing in London is significant and largely untapped. Our 8 November roundtable asked what stakeholders can do to support innovation into this space? Read the summary here.
Sector leaders say a cross-sector approach – including communities – is the only way to make the most of the housing delivery models now available
FoL’s successful Housing Zone Network expands to address wider housing issues and rebrands as the London Housing Network.
Creative approaches to delivery marked Future of London and GVA’s second Housing Delivery Models roundtable on 26 September.