Rayner waves through £500m London Truman Brewery plan

Regeneration benefits judged to outweigh concerns over affordable housing and Brick Lane's character

Berkeley bags 575-home London development site

The scheme at the Royal Arsenal Riverside scheme in Woolwich, south-east London, will include a 35% provision for affordable housing. The post Berkeley bags 575-home London development site appeared first on Property Week.

AtkinsRéalis completes innovative offsite housing scheme in Surrey

An affordable housing provider owned by AtkinsRéalis has handed over a housing scheme with nearly two-thirds of the materials produced offsite. The post AtkinsRéalis completes innovative offsite housing scheme in Surrey appeared first on Construction Management.

Meet the prisoners building homes

What if there was a way to reduce reoffending, ease the construction skills crisis and get more affordable housing built – all at once? Turns out there is, as our… The post Meet the prisoners building homes appeared first on Global Construction Review.

Sadiq Khan dangles prospect of restored 35% affordable housing quota

Draft of London Plan proposes moving the threshold back to up 35% for “as many boroughs as possible” from 2028. The post Sadiq Khan dangles prospect of restored 35% affordable housing quota appeared first on Construction Management.

RICS - Affordable housing: Challenges and solutions 18052023

The cost of living crisis has made addressing the affordable housing challenge even more pressing. The pandemic shone a spotlight on the importance of keyworkers to towns and cities, yet many are being priced out of living locally. Students and other low-income groups are also finding the housing situation problematic. Hear from a panel of experts as we discuss how affordable housing can best be achieved and the public policy and market-based levers most likely to bring about early results.

RICS - WBEF - Affordable net zero housing in the world’s urban megacities, 06032023

Affordable and innovative green housing will accelerate the transition to net zero and conversely, if new housing is not climate friendly, it will negatively impact the climate threat. Can net zero, healthy, smart homes be affordable? How are the world’s megacities adapting, and what are the prime examples?

nla - The Kerslake Review, 27072022

Lyn Garner, CEO of the London Legacy Development Corporation, has been appointed to lead on the implementation of recommendations in the review of GLA Group housing delivery by Lord Kerslake. She talks to Peter Murray about a more streamlined approach to delivery across Mayor-led organsitions like TfL, OPDC and the LLDC.

The B1M - Why Our Cities Are So Expensive, 31082022

All around the world it’s getting harder and harder to find an affordable place to rent, let alone buy. London is in the middle of a high-rise building boom that’s reshaping the city Just last year 587 new skyscrapers were in the pipeline. It’s not like there’s no new housing being built. It’s just that a lot of it isn’t really affordable. The B1M looks at schemes predominantly in London such as Battersea Power Station, Nine Elms and Elephant & Castle

nla - Ilona Rose House - Barbara Brownlee and John James, 27072022

Peter Murray talks to John James and Barbara Brownlee of Soho Estates and Soho Housing Association, respectively, about Ilona Rose House on Charing Cross Road, getting the right mix of housing types in our cities and Soho ‘bouncing back’

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