On Thursday, 1 December 2016, LSE London launched the final report and recommendations on how to accelerate the supply of new housing in London. This was a culmination of discussions with specialists from central government, the GLA, and London boroughs together with a small number of other key actors from industry and academia. This event followed up on our interim report we published in June 2016, taking full account of changing political and economic circumstances. As part of the event we also held a roundtable for major players who are helping to develop London’s housing policies.
Speakers
- Tony Travers, Director of LSE London
- Christine Whitehead, Emeritus Professor of Housing Economics
- Kath Scanlon, Assistant professorial Research Fellow
- Melissa Fernández-Arrigoitia, Lecturer in Urban Futures, University of Lancaster
- Alan Mace, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning Studies
- Fanny Blanc, LSE London
- Nancy Holman, Associate Professor of Urban Planning; Director of MSc Regional & Urban Planning Studies
- Alessandra Mossa, Oram Research Fellow
- Ian Gordon, Emeritus Professor in Human Geography
Films
The event was held in the New Academic Building at the LSE. We produced several films as part of this project which are listed and linked below. All of our films we have produced for this and other housing related projects can be found on our YouTube channel: LSE London.
Event documents
- Programme
- Report: Rising to the challenge: London’s housing crisis
- LSE press release
- Presentations
- Rising to the challenge: London’s housing crisis, PPT presentation – C. Whitehead & K. Scanlon
- Alternative Housing in London: Lessons from recent research – M. Fernández & K. Scanlon
- A 21st Century Metropolitan Green Belt, A. Mace & F. Blanc
- Market vs planning, is deregulation the answer? Should we let the market decide? – N. Holman & A. Mossa
- Two projects for the London Plan Density Research programme: spring 2016 – I. Gordon & C. Whitehead
- Films
- A 21st Century Metropolitan Green Belt
- PLACE making: A modular approach to London’s housing shortage
- Enforcing the unenforceable: the hard work of two enforcement officers in London
- Discussing Planning Deregulation in London: Office Conversions and short-term lettings
- Creating communities in London’s new villages
- Podcast
Related LSE London research
- ESRC Report – Cohousing: Shared Futures
- HEIF 5 Report – Accelerating housing production in London: Main findings
- HIEF 5 Report – Housing in London: Addressing the supply crisis
- Report by M. Fernaández Arrigoitia – Islington Park Street Community: A model for alternative housing in London
- LSE Report for Sutton Trust – Home Advantage: Housing the young employed in London
- Journal Article: Development of new cohousing: lessons from a London scheme for the over-50s
- HIEF 5 Research stream: Housing in London: Addressing the supply crisis – Alternative Housing