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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.
FoL’s successful Housing Zone Network expands to address wider housing issues and rebrands as the London Housing Network.
At our 12th September Housing Delivery Models roundtable on investment, sector leaders called for a London debt-and-equity fund & investment education for councils.
In our latest spotlight we look at two examples of housing for older women in Barnet, a co-housing scheme and traditional alms houses.
The numbers are coming in: Just 22 of the dozens of housing delivery models emerging across London are set to deliver some 55,000 homes, averaging 53% affordable.
Cross-sector partnerships to deliver housing and regeneration are on the rise again; could these emerging entities work better? A new FoL programme, with GVA and other partners, aims to find out.