Can London survive future heatwaves without air con?
London homes are at unique risk of overheating - experts told the London Assembly that planning and building regulations need an overhaul.
Housing
Long-term empty homes up by 30% in Bromley
During National Empty Homes week, Barbara Buchanan reports from Bromley where Lib Dem opposition councillors and local campaigners are calling on the council to do more.
Lewisham council votes down Green budget amendment at acrimonious meeting
For the first time since 2014, Lewisham Labour faced opposition as the Greens proposed an alternative budget. Following bitter attacks, Labour's budget was passed.
Your Tribe's growth across Deptford: when is student accommodation too much?
As Lewisham council approves another Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) scheme from Your Tribe at Sun Wharf, we look at Tribe's growth in the area and ask whether demand is as robust as it claims.
Sun Wharf, Creekside - Lewisham approves 605 student beds amid concerns of overconcentration
Lewisham councillors overruled local residents' objections over overconcentration of student housing, loss of light in their homes and harms to the kingfisher habitat at Deptford Creek, and approved the Your Tribe development.
City Hall launches new 'Vienna-style' social housing model
The London mayor confirmed a new £1.5bn boost to help accelerate affordable and social housing across capital. How will the new approach work?
Lewisham council will make vacant land in Deptford Creek available for sale
The council agreed to make the vacant land, which has been the subject of regeneration plans for over a decade, available for sale to the insurance firm L&G which plans to build new social homes on site.