{"id":784,"date":"2013-11-15T11:38:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T11:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/?page_id=784"},"modified":"2014-05-01T10:07:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T10:07:59","slug":"housing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/jeans-issues\/london\/housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>London suffers from one of the biggest housing crises in Europe. There are insufficient homes to go round: affordable housing simply isn&#8217;t being built fast enopugh, and many of those homes that are being built are being bought up as investments by foreign businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The London Green Party recently launched a campaign on the issue, summed up in this video &#8211; &#8216;Crumbs for Londoners&#8217;:<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/92124391\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>In short, we need a housing policy that makes providing homes for Londoners a priority.<\/p>\n<p>As well as adequate housing, we need decent housing &#8211; in particular we need to upgrade much of London&#8217;s Victorian housing stock to make it properly energy-efficient, insulated and, where possible, taking advantage of any opportunities for domestic renewable energy generation, to cut energy bills, give us warmer homes &#8211; and play our part in tackling climate change. Back in &#8230;. Jean published a report, &#8216;Hothouses&#8217;, examining this issue &#8211; and London&#8217;s housing stock &#8211; in more depth. You can download a copy here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London suffers from one of the biggest housing crises in Europe. There are insufficient homes to go round: affordable housing simply isn&#8217;t being built fast enopugh, and many of those homes that are being built are being bought up as investments by foreign businesses. 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