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The promise of cross-subsidy: Why estate demolition cannot solve London鈥檚 housing emergency
Dr Joe Penny's report challenges the notion of London being in a "golden era of council home building" and asks what 'affordable' means for families who are displaced or in temporary accommodation.
23 September 2024
In 2023, London Mayor Sadiq Khan launched a high-profile campaign saying that 鈥淟ondon is in a golden era of council home building.鈥�
Can this really be a 鈥済olden era鈥� when there are record levels of homelessness? And what does 鈥渁ffordable鈥� even mean when thousands of families are displaced and forced to live in temporary accommodation?
's report, 'The promise of cross-subsidy: Why estate demolition聽cannot solve London鈥檚 housing emergency', was commissioned by聽The Public Law Interest Centre.
Read the full report and explore the accompanying "What Golden Era?" guide聽to discover how wildly ineffective cross-subsidy models of estate regeneration are for providing affordable housing for low-income Londoners.