London Housing Panel responds to Towards a London Plan

The publication ‘sets out ideas for growth in London to be included in the next London Plan’, which is due in early 2026.

You can download the London Housing Panel's response below.

About the London Housing Panel

The London Housing Panel was set up in 2019 ‘to enable London’s voluntary and community sector and the communities it serves to influence the capital’s housing policies and practices’.

The Panel’s work is underpinned by three principles:

1. There is an urgent need to build more social housing in London to tackle its housing crisis and we will always push for prioritising the building of and increasing the amount of, social rented housing over other forms of tenure.
2. By understanding the needs and aspirations of all Londoners, including those who are living most precariously, we can ensure house-building creates better longer-term outcomes for Londoners.
3. In addition to the building of new, stable homes at social rent, we want more action taken now to address homelessness, particularly statutory homelessness.

The panel would like to see the new London Plan demonstrably creating an environment in which these main priorities are moved forward. Find out more about the London Housing Panel here.