Christine Whitehead discusses barriers to accelerating housing delivery at the New Ideas for Housing: Tools for accelerating delivery, New Architecture London event.

An excerpt:

• The uncertainties introduced by the planning negotiation process—especially viability and s106;
• The near disappearance of small and medium-sized builders from the London market;
• The potential role of Housing Zones;
• Whether the Mayor has the right powers in connection with new development;
• How the GLA and local authorities could contribute to funding;
• The case for a crisis package.

The presentation slides can be found here on our archives page.