Are Self-Build Homes The Answer To London’s Housing Crisis?
We’ve become used to hearing controversial tales of councils and property developers carving up London’s regeneration schemes with profit first and local needs second: this week it’s Earls Court and the Royal Mail’s Mount Pleasant project. Our city halls, like counterparts in other great cities, are grappling with the scale of globalisation and its demands. They must deliver housing to satisfy the electorate, outsourcing flagship housing projects to developers to…