{"id":20564,"date":"2016-07-23T00:36:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T17:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/london-housing-lambeths-pockets-of-affordability\/"},"modified":"2016-07-23T00:43:34","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T17:43:34","slug":"london-housing-lambeths-pockets-of-affordability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/london-housing-lambeths-pockets-of-affordability\/","title":{"rendered":"London housing: Lambeth&#039;s Pockets of affordability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nA new kind of compact home for middle income Londoners looks to be part of the new mayor\u2019s plansIt\u2019s nice to do the Lambeth Walk. Any evening. Any day. On Thursday, the south London street made famous by the musical Me and My Girl was sauntered down by the elite of the capital\u2019s housing geeks \u2013 politicians, borough planners, roving consultants &#8211; to see a frontier example of old-style, low cost London dwellings accommodating the very newest kind.The China Walk estate was built by the London County Council between 1928 and 1934, its completion achieved just three years before Noel Gay\u2019s hit show was first performed. Today, an extra 70 units are being fitted into two spaces &#8211; a former car park and a garage space &#8211; among its half-dozen interwar blocks, built in Bedford, brought to the capital by truck and assembled on site at rapid speed.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/davehillblog\/2016\/jul\/22\/london-housing-lambeths-pockets-of-affordability\" target=\"_blank\">London housing: Lambeth&#8217;s Pockets of affordability<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; A new kind of compact home for middle income Londoners looks to be part of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-5lG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38137,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/another-london-pop-up-the-project-that-could-help-solve-housing-crisis\/","url_meta":{"origin":20564,"position":0},"title":"Another London pop-up: the project that could help solve housing crisis","date":"December 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Ninety-six people are living in the Ladywell development in south-east London, which will serve as a blueprint elsewhere in UKThe UK\u2019s first pop-up village in south-east London, which houses 24 formerly homeless families, is a novel attempt at helping tackle Britain\u2019s housing crisis and will serve as a blueprint\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":144381,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/it-will-take-two-decades-to-fix-the-housing-crisis-the-developer-reshaping-south-london\/","url_meta":{"origin":20564,"position":1},"title":"\u2018It will take two decades to fix the housing crisis\u2019: The developer reshaping south London","date":"May 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Rick de Blaby is at the forefront of the UK\u2019s nascent build-to-rent sector. 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