Providing the homes Londoners need

Since 2018, with the support of Trust for London, Action on Empty Homes has been investigating how building more homes in London has apparently worsened our housing crisis. We have investigated the role played by vacancy in illustrating and exacerbating this failure.

In 2022, Action on Empty Homes were granted further funding by Trust for London to develop a London-wide community-led coalition leading into the 2024 GLA and General Elections. The aim was for the coalition to advocate for a fair development policy platform to meet low-income housing needs and to challenge the present housing investment model which creates growing numbers of empty and underutilised homes and increases housing poverty.

This report discusses this work.