The Mayor of London has fallen short of the revised affordable housing target set by the Government by thousands of homes, it has emerged.
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Labour-run Islington council has echoed opposition to the Mayor slashing affordable housing targets in the capital, following a legal challenge launched by...
Mayor admits developers must use ‘every tool’ as calls grow for air conditioning in new London homes
The Mayor of London may be leaning towards removing guidance in the new London Plan that effectively blocks air conditioning from being installed in newbuild...
More than a million homes in London may need significant upgrades to help curb the capital’s overheating crisis, the London Assembly has heard.
London’s empty homes catastrophe must be addressed on the path to solving the wider housing crisis in the capital, the London Assembly has been told.
Islington Council must pay £2,700 to a homeless woman it left stranded for several months while she was awaiting surgery for her chronic health condition.
Ordinary repairs are being delayed for the City of London Corporation’s social homes after a major contractor suspended its services.
The Mayor of London and ministers must intervene to stop the collapse of Build-to- Rent (BTR) properties across the capital, business groups have warned.
Just 6,325 private sector homes broke ground in London in the first three months of 2026, new data has revealed – equivalent to seven per cent of the Mayor’s...
The next London Plan will be “streamlined” to ensure new housing schemes flourish across the capital, City Hall have said.
Islington Council’s leader has named her new deputy and appointed several other councillors to new jobs in her post-election reshuffle.
City Hall will launch a probe into how high service charges are impacting London’s housing crisis, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) can reveal.
New data has revealed where living alone takes up the biggest proportion of a single person's salary, and surprisingly London isn’t top of the list.
A watchdog has criticised Islington Council over serious failings in how it manages thousands of social homes in the borough.
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Two in five young adults are likely to leave London in the next five years due to crime levels, stalling career opportunities and high rental costs, new...
The push to “build baby build” as Housing Secretary Steve Reed recently said won’t necessarily solve the city’s housing crisis because supply is not the...
Londoners will finally see the light at the end of the tunnel in 2026 when it comes to the city’s enduring accommodation crisis, the Deputy Mayor responsible...
Londoners trapped in high-rise buildings with dangerous cladding could see repairs speed up significantly under new reforms announced this month.
London’s lack of preparedness for extreme heat could see more than £200million lost in productivity annually by 2030, new research has suggested.
A block of Central London flats plagued by years of delays are expected to have cost the local authority over 25 per cent more than originally estimated, the...
James Dunnett asks why we should lose our ever decreasing green spaces in the bid to build more housing
Dangerous cladding on the capital’s high-rise buildings won’t be fixed “for some time”, the Mayor of London has admitted as he said London was uniquely...
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