12th July 2024 A group of leading housing associations and others in the sector have quantified the shortfall and suggested solutions DAVE HILL A shortage of skilled construction sector labour is putting the maintenance, upgrading and supply of social and
Fall in London private landlords providing temporary accommodation
30th August 2023 Cross-party local authorities body renews appeal to government for help with growing emergency DAVE HILL Over 3,500 properties that had been available for Londoners needing a temporary place to live were withdrawn by landlords between last September
Dave Hill: One day, water began dripping from their ceiling. Six months later, it still is
3rd July 2023 A couple with a small child reported the leak just after Christmas, and since then not much has happened except damp and mould. DAVE HILL Just after Christmas last year, a married couple who live in
Event report: Planning, Places and People
6th June 2023 What is the best way to involve the capital’s many communities in big decisions about their homes and neighbourhoods? A brilliant panel and a knowledgable audience pointed to many good ways forward DAVE HILL It has taken
Borough figures show London’s homeless outnumber population of Oxford
15th March 2023 There are approximately 166,000 Londoners in temporary accommodation, nearly half of them children DAVE HILL The rising number of Londoners housed in temporary accommodation by its local authorities is now larger than that of several British cities,
The London Society Banister Fletcher Lecture: Georgia Gould on cities, the capital and her vision for renewal
14th February 2023 The chair of London Councils and leader of Camden set out a powerful agenda for change ranging from drawing on the strengths of communities to transforming relationships with national government DAVE HILL London Councils chair and Camden
Dave Hill: Sadiq Khan calls for London property owned by Putin allies to be seized
25th February 2022 The Mayor has also called for greater transparency about the owners of homes in the capital and a tax on overseas buyers DAVE HILL Sadiq Khan has demanded that property assets held by allies of Russian president Vladimir Putin