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London's top regeneration zones: future new homes hotspots from Hounslow to Barking

London is finally building again. Prudence Ivey looks at the next big regeneration projects set to transform the capital

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How London's Vienna-style social housing model will work - as Khan launches £1.5bn fund to boost housebuilding

London will benefit from the government-backed loans to boost lagging housebuilding in the capital

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London must have more affordable homes for families, Sadiq Khan told

The social housing system is failing to keep pace with increasing demand in the capital, according to a new report

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London deputy mayor denies claims of 'embellished' housing figures

The deputy mayor for housing denied the claims that figures had been embellished as ‘outrageous’ and ‘completely unsubstantiated

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Mayor of London granted permission to use historic Greater London Council coat of arms

The coat of arms, once a familiar emblem across the capital, was originally granted to the GLC in 1966

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Are modular homes the solution to London’s temporary housing crisis?

City Hall has approved the rollout of modular homes that can be built in weeks — but are they just a sticking plaster?

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City Hall pay rises take Sadiq Khan's top aides above £150,000 (but no decision on mayor's new salary)

Exclusive: the annual increases received by mayor’s inner circle

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Are the Royal Docks set to be the new King's Cross?

Earlier this year, Sadiq Khan launched a bid to transform the Royal Albert Dock with thousands of new jobs and homes, mimicking the successful regeneration of Granary Square. Ross Lydall reports

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London buildings still wrapped in Grenfell-style cladding seven years on from the disaster

There are still 42 residential buildings in London with the same type of cladding as Grenfell where ‘remediation’ is incomplete

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Build on the green belt to fix London's housing crisis, says think tank

London’s green belt could be replaced with Copenhagen’s ‘green fingers’ model, it was suggested at a summit this week

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Sadiq Khan is an 'unashamed YIMBY', his housing deputy claims

Deputy mayor Tom Copley chastises ministers for their ‘lack of action’ during a ‘steep nationwide housing downturn’

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Lib Dem proposes London-owned developer to help solve capital's housing crisis

Mayoral candidate Rob Blackie believes a ‘London Housing Company’ could help ‘fill in the gaps’ left by the private market

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London mayoral election: What has Sadiq Khan done to tackle the housing crisis?

As the mayoral election approaches on May 2, the Standard continues its audit into Sadiq Khan’s record. Business Editor Jonathan Prynn examines housing

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'An insult': Sadiq Khan under fire over 2.8% progress on latest affordable housing programme

A spokeswoman for the mayor promised that the programme’s delivery would ‘ramp up’ over the coming months

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Government reveals plan for 350 new rough sleeper homes in London

The announcement comes amid a record-high number of people recorded sleeping on the capital's streets

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Autumn Statement: 'an enormous missed opportunity' to stabilise rents and house prices for Londoners

Shortfall of new homes needed to tackle affordability crisis forecast to hit 257,000 without significant investment, said Tom Copley

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Number of rough sleepers in London jumps 12% from last year

Charity Depaul UK says 'soaring rents and unaffordable bills' are among factors behind the rise

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Sadiq Khan's deputy warns of 'very worrying' rise in rough sleepers in London

Deputy mayor Tom Copley said that without a 'change in approach' there was 'no real chance' of ending rough sleeping

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London affordable homes programme slashed by up to 11,000 but City Hall says Government to blame

Deputy mayor Tom Copley suggested that Liz Truss's mini-budget had played a role in increasing the programme's costs

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Home Office policy change will bring ‘crisis’ to councils and NHS, refugee expert warns

It is feared the change will make it ‘virtually impossible’ for refugees to find housing

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Some of mayor’s affordable homes will take until 2032 to be built, deputy mayor admits

The London Assembly’s housing committee was told that the “vast majority” of projects will however be complete by 2029

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Sadiq Khan celebrates after reaching target of 20,000 new council homes

The Mayor of London has met his self-imposed target a year early - but a Conservative opponent accused him of ‘marking his own homework’

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Sadiq Khan unlikely to meet his affordable housing targets for London

A total of 25,000 new homes must be started by March 2023 to meet the target of 116,000

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