Lewisham council announce £65m hole in four-year budget
The Green deputy mayor tells residents "the challenge is stark". Salamander asked for the figures behind the top line.
Affordable Housing
Do City Hall housing targets incentivise small flats over family homes?
It emerged earlier this year that just 3% of all homes built through City Hall's Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) between 2016 and 2025 had four or more bedrooms.
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.
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.