London Housing Strategy

May 2009

The GLA Act 2007 gives the Mayor responsibility for producing London’s housing strategy. The draft for public consultation was published on 21 May 2009. Embodied in the strategy is the Mayor’s vision for housing in London:

to raise aspirations and promote opportunity: by producing more affordable homes, particularly for families, and by increasing opportunities for home ownership through the new First Steps housing programme
to improve homes and transform neighbourhoods: by improving design quality, by greening homes, by targeting and delivering regeneration and by tackling empty homes
to maximise delivery and optimise value for money: by creating a new architecture for delivery, by developing new investment models and by promoting new delivery mechanisms.

London Housing Strategy PDF
London Housing Strategy RTF

London Housing Strategy summary PDF
London Housing Strategy summary RTF

Details about puchasing full copies of the strategy can be found on our publications page.

This draft strategy is subject to statutory consultation with the public. It follows a period of consultation with the Assembly and functional bodies. The Assembly and functional body consultation draft was published in November 2008.

An integrated impact assessment of the draft London Housing Strategy has been undertaken and copies of the report, which will be published on the website in due course, are available from the GLA.

Supporting and associated documents

Evidence base

A detailed evidence base, summarised in Housing in London 2008, has informed the development of the London Housing Strategy.

Housing in London 2008

London Housing Market Report 2009

This report summarises key trends in London’s housing market including prices, affordability, repossessions and new housing construction.

London Housing Market Report 2009

General conformity with the London Housing Strategy

This guidance, published as a draft for consultation, informs boroughs about their requirement to be in general conformity with the London Housing Strategy.

General conformity with the London Housing Strategy