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Tag Archives: housing
Three Years on, Mayor is Failing to Tackle Rough Sleeping
Three years ago this month, Boris Johnson pledged to end rough sleeping in London by 2012. Today, faced with a perfect storm of unemployment, funding cuts, welfare reform and housing market failure, even more people are sleeping rough on London’s … Continue reading
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Tagged boris Johnson, CHAIN, homelessness, housing, London, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Nicky Gavron, rough sleeping
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Interview: ‘Housing crisis endangers London’s social fabric’
Last week I was interviewed by young journalist Ed Challis about London’s housing crisis, including the issues of soaring rents and welfare reform (pdf). You can listen to the interview by clicking on the links below. http://audioboo.fm/boos/652280 http://audioboo.fm/boos/652275-nicky-gavron-the-mayor-is-silent-on-london-s-housing-crisis
Housing budget in a pickle
The coalition government has slashed London’s housing budget by 60 per cent, although you wouldn’t know it from the press release. Under the cover of giving new powers to City Hall, a budget of £3 billion has been spun to … Continue reading
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Tagged boris Johnson, Eric Pickles, housing, ken livingstone, London, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Nicky Gavron
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Thoughts on Last Night’s Meeting with Tower Hamlets Somali Friends of Labour
For me, the Labour Party is the natural home of the Somali community. Last night I had the pleasure of speaking at the launch of the Tower Hamlet’s Somali Friends of Labour. There were great speeches from Amina Ali, Rachel … Continue reading
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Tagged Economy, health, housing, London Assembly, Somali Friends of Labour, Tower Hamlets, Youth services
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Countdown for Housing
In London, no one can be unaware that we are in the midst of a housing crisis. So the Co-operative Housing (Tenure) Bill is timely and welcome. With supply at an all time low, spiralling private sector rents and home … Continue reading
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Tagged boris Johnson, Co-operative Housing (Tenure) Bill, Cooperative housing, Cooperative Party, Election, housing, International Year of Cooperatives, ken livingstone, Labour Party, London, London Assembly, London Labour Housing Group, Mayor of London, Nicky Gavron, United Nations
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Putting the Record Straight: Time for the Mayor to Come Clean on Housing Figures
During last week’s Mayor’s Question Time (14 September) Boris Johnson double counted thousands of homes that will be delivered between 2008 and 2015. He claimed: “We are not only on course to achieve 50,000 new affordable homes during this mayoralty, … Continue reading
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Tagged boris Johnson, housing, housing numbers, London, Mayor of London, Mayor's Question Time
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Response from Richard Blakeway
Date: 7 September Dear Nicky Thank you for your letter. 54,000 completions refers to the four-year investment round, 2011/15. The GLA has been clear we are referring to this investment round, and this includes existing commitments as well. You will … Continue reading
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Tagged double counting, housing, London, Mayor of London, Nicky Gavron, Richard Blakeway
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Mayor Caught Double Counting the Housing Numbers
Boris Johnson is notoriously light on detail. Whether it’s police numbers, crime stats or now, it seems, affordable housing, facts rarely get in the way of a good story. The national statistics watchdog even took the unusual step of publicly … Continue reading
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Tagged boris Johnson, Guardian, housing, Left Foot Forward, London, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Nicky Gavron, Richard Blakeway, statistics
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Letter to Richard Blakeway, Mayoral Housing Adviser, Regarding Use of Statistics
2 September 2011 Dear Richard I am writing concerning your article on the Guardian professional website, published on 1 September 2011. You claim that, “the mayor is on course to deliver 50,000 affordable homes by April 2012.” You go on … Continue reading
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Tagged Guardian, housing, London, Mayor of London, Nicky Gavron, Richard Blakeway, Use of statistics
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Letter to the Telegraph regarding impact of the NPPF on the integrity of the Green Belt
Sir The confusion over Government changes to planning and housing policy is well reflected in your columns. My concern is that we’ll only know the consequences when it’s too late. We all know that nowhere near enough new homes … Continue reading
