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Budget 2026: What Chancellor must do to tackle London's housing crisis

Will Chancellor unlock housebuilding, boost affordable housing provision and give renters and first-time buyers a fairer deal?

Evening Standard · Oct 26

The Guardian view on London’s social housing: pumping billions into the economy every year

Editorial: The provision of homes needs to be thought of as a service, not a commodity to be traded. It is vital economic infrastructure, so let’s make it affordable for all

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16

Rent settlements, building safety and social homes: Three ways to ease London’s housing crisis

Ian McDermott, leader of the G15 group, said there are three things central government can do to help tackle the housing emergency in the capital

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025

Labour warned of £54bn price tag to build enough affordable homes in London

Labour ministers face warnings that their housebuilding plan for London risks costing an astronomical £54 billion just for affordable homes, unless housing associations can tap more private investment.

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: You shouldn't have to be rich to rent in London

It is a staggering figure. Londoners must earn more than £76,000 a year to afford the average privately rented home in the capital. A report by the G15 group, which represents London’s largest not-for-profit housing associations, highlights just how unaffordable the city has become.

Evening Standard · Aug 20, 2024

Want to rent a London home? You’ll need to earn £76,000

On average Londoners need to be earning £76,261 to afford the average private rent in the capital, the Funding London’s Affordable Home report found

Evening Standard · Aug 20, 2024

Affordable homes built in London 'with no one to take them' as housing associations battle soaring costs

System used by private developers is ‘creaking at the seams’

Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2024

New Labour Government urged to use first 100 days to transform outlook for London tenants

Call comes after Rachel Reeves announced new approach to planning to meet ambitious goal on home building

Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2024

Next PM should focus on ‘housing, housing, housing’

Fiona Fletcher-Smith, the leader of the G15 group for social builders, urges housing-centric update to Tony Blair’s famous mantra about education

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2024

London social housing crisis costing UK economy nearly £8 billion, new research says ahead of election

‘Simple’ reform of setting rents over multiple years would help unblock new building, industry says

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2024