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09 July 25

Welcome boost for affordable housing in London

Investment in social and affordable housing in the capital will get a long-term boost through the government’s Social and Affordable Homes Programme.

London will receive up to £11.7bn over ten years, 30% of the national total, to invest in building new homes for families on lower incomes.

London Councils’ Deputy Chair and Executive member for Housing & Regeneration, Cllr Grace Williams ( [link removed] ), said: “London is resolutely pro-housing growth. Since 2018, boroughs have directly started more than 25,000 new council-led homes.

“This investment – the largest ever for the capital in cash terms – will support us to build more of the social and affordable homes that our residents are crying out for. We welcome the long-term certainty that this ten-year programme provides, alongside the additional funding flexibilities for Right to Buy receipts.

“With 1 in 50 Londoners homeless and living in temporary accommodation, we know that more needs to be done to turn the tide against homelessness in the capital and across the country. Our city is the epicentre of the national homelessness crisis and the majority of homeless households in England are London families.

“Boroughs will continue to work together and with partners – including national government and the Mayor of London – to ensure we have the policies and funding needed to deliver social and affordable housing in the capital.”

7th July memorial

Monday marked 20 years since the horrendous 7/7 terror attacks on our city.

Representing every London borough and the City of London, London Councils Chair Cllr Claire Holland laid a wreath at the Hyde Park 7/7 Memorial as we remember those we lost and restate that terrorism cannot divide us

Leaders' Commitee

London Councils' Leaders' Committe met at the organisation's Arthur Street offices yesterday (8 July). Leaders' Committee comprises the Leaders of all 32 London Boroughs and the City of London.

Items on the agenda included Local Government Finance, progress to date on Leaders' Shared Ambitions, and progress and mobilising Missions in London, including on growth, housing and health.

The meeting was live streamed and you can read the agenda in full here. ( [link removed] )

By-election result

A by-election took place in LB Hammersmith & Fulham's Fulham Town ward last week (3 July) The by-election was won by Liam Downer-Sanderson (Con). You can read the result in full here. ( [link removed] )

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In the news this week...

London leader warns new deprivation metric will cost capital millions
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London council leader warns of '2028 sell-by date' as financial pressures mount amid £2bn funding shake-up
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Piali Das Gupta: Relieving the pressure on public finances
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'We stand ready to deliver’: sector responds to government’s new five-step housing plan
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The special needs spending crisis threatening to bankrupt Britain’s councils
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