Housing
60 second overview
The cost of housing is a key driver of poverty in the capital. Many Londoners do not have access to genuinely affordable housing which is also of good quality and offers stability. Providing such homes is essential, as is addressing the persistent, and linked, problem of homelessness.
We are working with some fantastic partners on solving some of these problems, which we have divided into four categories:
- Private Rented Sector
- Promoting Tenant Voice
- Increasing Affordability
- Homelessness
We also give an example of a project which we are funding – the Citizens UK Campaign. There are many other groups we are funding to tackle London’s housing issues, and much more that still needs to be done.
If you are an organisation which works on these issues, and are interested in applying for funding, visit our funding page for guidance.
And to see data about housing in London, look at our London’s Poverty Profile.
Housing: Data
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Average London rents
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Child poverty and housing tenure
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Evictions by borough
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Homelessness acceptances over time
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Homelessness prevention/relief destinations
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Housing benefit
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Housing tenure over time
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Income inequality and housing costs
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New housing completions
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Overall Benefit Cap
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Overcrowding
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Poverty and housing tenure
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Poverty over time
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Rents and affordability
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Repossessions and evictions
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Social vs Affordable Housing
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Temporary accommodation by borough
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Temporary accommodation over time
Housing: Publications
Publication
Are temporary accommodation boards feasible?
Publication
London Stalling: Half a Century of living standards in London
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Trust for London's response to estate regeneration consultation.
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Designing solutions to London's temporary accommodation system
From our Twitter
@trustforlondon
This week is London Challenge Poverty week, a chance for people to speak out about poverty across the capital. We will be tweeting about the reality of poverty in London throughout the week, and what we we must do as a society to solve it. #LDNChallengePoverty @4in10
15 Oct 201858% of Londoners in poverty are from a working family. The changing face of poverty must be met by a new approach from government. We need housing costs to be controlled, and more employers to pay the real living wage. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/poverty-moved-dole-queue-workplace-13441046 …
19 Oct 2018"It's incredibly disempowering to not understand how your benefits work, or how much money you are entitled to from each payment." Good discussion from the floor at our event about #UniversalCredit with @LCPAlliance @policy_practice @MindCharity @CPAGUK #LDNChallengePoverty
19 Oct 2018#UniversalCredit can be very difficult to manage for people with mental health problems. @MindCharity are pushing for people's other benefits not to be taken away until they receive their first payment under Universal Credit. #LDNChallengePoverty
19 Oct 2018People affected by the benefit cap are more likely to move into work than before the cap began. But for every 1 child in a family which gains work, there are 5 who get less welfare because of the cap. Devan & @policy_practice say this is a poor trade-off. #LDNChallengePoverty pic.twitter.com/cyxwITuZzW
19 Oct 2018