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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.
Just visited my old stomping grounds in Moab, Utah, pop. 5,200. A uranium town, adventure sport hub and now second-home magnet, this joyous mash-up of rednecks, hippies and everyone in between has boomed and busted repeatedly. It’s now at risk of becoming a municipal cautionary tale. After years of … Read more
Our 2018 programme will investigate impacts of road, rail, and red line boundaries throughout London and share ways to reconnect severed communities.
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.
Healthy placemaking is an essential part of delivering age-friendly cities, but it requires robust cross-sector collaboration. Planning can improve public health by promoting active travel, enhancing air quality, delivering and protecting open space. Social isolation, a key issue for our ageing population, can be reduced by supporting social interaction in town … Read more
Our 7 March roundtable discussed barriers to implementing new development management processes and how to overcome them.
Planning officers across London dealt with nearly 77,000 planning applications in the year to March 2016. How can boroughs manage this workload more efficiently?
Key points from senior roundtable on how local authorities can incorporate Build to Rent into their wider strategies and boost the supply of high-quality rental accommodation.
Highlights of FoL’s roundtable with boroughs, TfL, developers, investors and CLG on the finance, viability and affordability of Build to Rent.
This was the third in a series of Future of London events on the London Infrastructure Plan, looking at the challenges of delivering, managing – and avoiding – underground infrastructure.