Draft London Plan: What we know about the London mayor’s 10-year goals
The Draft London Plan, published today, suggests City Hall will set a target of 558,000 homes to be built between 2028 and 2037.
Affordable Housing
Heat deaths are a public health crisis rooted in housing inequality
Flats, small homes and overcrowded properties trap heat. Renters cannot fit shutters or external shading, and cooling costs money that low-income households do not have.
Lewisham House takes centre stage in the struggle for Lewisham Shopping Centre
As housing campaigners call for a halt on the Landsec masterplan, Lewisham House No. 1 says its rival plans deliver 'everything that the Green Party campaigned for at this year's elections'.
Deptford housing campaigners take Lewisham council to court
The Save Scott House campaign took their case to the High Court in a challenge to the council's permission for a 31-story student housing tower block.
London mayor fails to hit revised affordable housing targets
The mayor's targets for affordable homes were reduced by 22% last year, but the new report from the GLA says he still failed to meet them.
Save Lewisham Shopping Centre campaign sees new opportunity with Greens in power
With a Green mayor and councillors that pledged support before the elections, and a compulsory purchase order as leverage, campaigners hope to slow down plans for the development and buy time.
Lewisham joins legal challenge to affordable housing quota cut
Lewisham has joined six other London councils in a legal challenge to Sadiq Khan's emergency measures policy, which reduces the affordable housing requirement on developers from 35% to 20%.