Commission calls on London borough to consider halving housing stock

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Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Communities, Local Government

If London's largest social landlord halved its housing stock by 2045, it would release funds to improve and maintain its homes to a high standard and support more housing-led regeneration programmes, according to an independent commission. The option was one of three floated by the commission – headed up by acclaimed housing lawyer Jan Luba QC – which has spent the last 12 months looking at the future prospects of council housing in the London borough of Southwark. Setting the scene, the r...

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