The Mayor has announced this month that he will end the practice of subsidising the replacement of existing sound-quality social rented homes set to be demolished as part of estate regeneration schemes. This is welcome news. In July last year we published a list of seven things the Mayor…

After lobbying by London Tenants Federation reps, the Mayor is now to spend his affordable housing grant on social rented homes rather than London Affordable Rent. It was announced this month that the Mayor will now use 50% of funding for ‘affordable housing’ in London on social rented homes, with…

In June this year we launched Estate Watch, a new resource for London estate communities affected by demolition which we have developed with Just Space. You can now read an update on our work on Estate Watch with Just Space and Loretta Lees in the Radical Housing Journal. Since…

Two years on from the publication of the Green Paper, and three years on from the Grenfell Tower fire which prompted it, the Social Housing White Paper was published on 17th November. You can find the document, described as a ‘charter for social housing residents’, here. A summary of…

This government needs to show responsibility and leadership when it comes to social housing. In yet one more crucial respect, they are failing in their job to keep us safe.

It’s been a month since Boris Johnson sort of promised an end to the austerity of ten years ago, which blamed immigrants and benefit claimants for all our woes. Why are we still waiting for the private and social renters threatened with eviction?

Five figures which show why the Mayor should scrap the London Affordable Rent.

LTF Representative, Pat Turnbull reviews this free toolkit for residents and planners.

Launching today, Estate Watch is a new resource for London estate communities affected by demolition which we have developed with Just Space. Share your experiences of regeneration online using the hashtag #EstateWatch

The London Tenants Federation has expressed disbelief at tenants’ exclusion from the Deputy Mayor for Housing’s new taskforce for the recovery of London’s housing sector after lockdown.