Southwark Labour building over 150 rent-controlled homes for key workers as Mayor makes 6,000-home commitment
Southwark Labour are delivering 150 rent-controlled homes in Bermondsey as part of the Mayor of London’s new plan to deliver 6,000 homes for key workers. The first pilot in Southwark is underway in Bermondsey, where 150 rent controlled homes for key workers will be built. Rising costs of living in London have been pricing out […]
Southwark Labour Leader Sarah King flies the flag for council housing in Parliament
Southwark Labour Leader Cllr Sarah King has today appeared in Parliament to fly the flag for council housing amidst a national funding crisis. Southwark Labour has consistently prioritised council housing as the priority means of delivering genuinely affordable homes for local people, having built or started over 3,000 new council homes. However, Cllr King raised […]
Labour invests almost £1 million in Southwark to help homeless families
The Labour Government has today announced a huge raft of support for thousands of people facing homelessness thanks to an urgent £84 million cash injection to councils up and down the country ahead of winter hitting – including £928,533 in Southwark. Immediate help for children and families in temporary accommodation – including money to pay […]
Labour council to act on new reports into major works
Labour-run Southwark Council are to act on two new reports into failures to manage major works on three council estates, after issues were raised by local residents and Labour councillors. Two reports were commissioned by Labour cabinet members after tenants and leaseholders raised concerns with the quality and cost of works on their estates, and […]
New stats rank Labour-run Southwark top for building new social rent homes
New statistics released by the Greater London Authority have shown that more social homes were completed in Labour-run Southwark than in any other borough in London last year. In Southwark, 581 brand new social rent homes were completed last year, ranking the borough higher than second-placed Haringey (547) and third-placed Greenwich (440). 5x more social […]
Peckham locals one step closer to new community-owned, genuinely affordable homes
A set of garages in Peckham have been identified for new community-led housing, with London CLT announced as the preferred partner. This is a crucial step in delivering Southwark Labour’s promise to bring forward the borough’s first Community Land Trust (CLT) scheme. The project, which will see approximately 12 new homes built on Scylla Road […]
Building 2,500 new council homes by May 2022 – more than any other council in the UK
Labour is currently on course to complete or begin construction of 2,500 new council homes this May; new, high quality and affordable homes for local people. This is more than any other council in the UK is building, despite the government’s restrictions on building council homes. Southwark currently has 16,500 families on the housing waiting-list […]