Social housing

Published On: 19th October 2025

Past updates under the tag ‘Housing Delivery‘ cover lack of funding for social housing. That subject was covered by our Patron Tony Travers of the LSE and Leanne Tritton of The London Society in talks at our AGM, reported separately.

The lawyer Simon Ricketts examines stalling of building here and proposals from the APPG for London on speeding house building are here.

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