Category: Parliamentary Politics

Housing Bill Diary

10 December, 2015 WHAT LIES BENEATH. On the final day of the House Committee stage of the Housing and Planning Bill, Brandon Lewis, the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, without producing impact assessments (though the government hasn’t done this for any part of the Bill), without providing the Committee with background information in advance, … Continue reading Housing Bill Diary

SOLUTIONS TO A ‘CRISIS’

Two long, sustained, informed and informative articles about London’s housing ‘crisis’ have been published in the past week: Oliver Wainwright’s ‘Revealed: how developers exploit flawed planning system to minimise affordable housing’, published in last Thursday’s Guardian; and Rowan Moore’s ‘London: the city that ate itself’ in Sunday’s Observer. However, at the end of both, and … Continue reading SOLUTIONS TO A ‘CRISIS’

Lambeth’s ‘1000 homes’ Election Promise 2014

At the last local election the Labour party made an election promise to build 1000 additional council or social rent homes. An assessment of (all?) Lambeth’s estates was conducted in 2012. ( We have still not obtained clarification from Lambeth as to how Knights walk was part of this because it is not an estate). … Continue reading Lambeth’s ‘1000 homes’ Election Promise 2014