LSE London Seminar: Housing Strategies for the New Mayor
Over the last 18 months, LSE London has been discussing with experts from government, industry and academia about how to accelerate the supply of new housing in London. We now have a new Mayor with the remit to double the housing output in London and to ensure that Londoners are the ones that benefit. There are enormous challenges. What have been rather wide sweeping policy commitments have to be turned into detailed implementation… Read More
Housing in London – Final Roundtable and Report Launch
On October 12th we hosted our final event of our year-long project, Housing in London: Addressing the Supply Crisis. We provided an opportunity for different stakeholders ranging from academics, local politicians, developers, planners, and other representatives from the private and public sector to discuss the recommendations from our final report. Other points of conversation were ways in which we could the debate forward, particularly in light of government announcements and the upcoming… Read More
Debate: accelerating residential development in London – what works?
On 10 December, LSE London held a debate and expert panel further to explore the issues constraining the supply of housing in London. Speakers included: Paul Cheshire, Emeritus Professor of Economic Geography, LSE Fran Tonkiss, Director, LSE Cities Programme Chris Hamnett, Professor of Geography, King’s College London Jo Negrini, Executive Director of Development and Environment, Croydon David Lammy, MP for Tottenham There was a considerable measure of agreement especially on ways forward…. Read More
‘Game Changer’ for Housing Supply: Fran Tonkiss’ Thoughts
On 10 December, LSE London held a debate and expert panel further to explore the issues constraining the supply of housing in London. Our five panellists were each asked to respond to the following question: What are the two or three changes/innovations you think could ‘change the game’ and accelerate new housing development in London? Fran Tonkiss, Director of the LSE Cities Programme, was one of our five panellists. Her response is available… Read More
‘Game Changer’ for Housing Supply: Chris Hamnett’s Thoughts
On 10 December, LSE London held a debate and expert panel further to explore the issues constraining the supply of housing in London. Our five panellists were each asked to respond to the following question: What are the two or three changes/innovations you think could ‘change the game’ and accelerate new housing development in London? Chris Hamnett, Professor of Geography at King’s College London, was one of our five panellists. His response is available… Read More
‘Game Changer’ for Housing Supply: Paul Cheshire’s Thoughts
On 10 December, LSE London held a debate and expert panel further to explore the issues constraining the supply of housing in London. Our five panellists were each asked to respond to the following question: What are the two or three changes/innovations you think could ‘change the game’ and accelerate new housing development in London? Paul Cheshire, Emeritus Professor of Economic Geography at LSE, was one of our five panellists. His response is available… Read More
‘Game Changer’ for Housing Supply: David Lammy’s Thoughts
On 10 December, LSE London held a debate and expert panel further to explore the issues constraining the supply of housing in London. Our five panellists were each asked to respond to the following question: What are the two or three changes/innovations you think could ‘change the game’ and accelerate new housing development in London? David Lammy, MP for Tottenham was one of our five panellists. His response is available in the following… Read More
‘Game Changer’ for Housing Supply: Jo Negrini’s Thoughts
On 10 December, LSE London held a debate and expert panel further to explore the issues constraining the supply of housing in London. Our five panellists were each asked to respond to the following question: What are the two or three changes/innovations you think could ‘change the game’ and accelerate new housing development in London? Jo Negrini, Executive Director of Development and Environment for the London Borough of Croydon was one of our… Read More