How Housing Broke London

In London, only those with vast cash deposits can get on the property ladder, private rents have spiralled out of control and the wait for social housing is measured in decades. Once vibrant communities are being uprooted, schools are closing down and homelessness is rampant. In this talk, author and journalist Peter Apps examines London’s housing journey over the past forty years, and explores the ways London can transform again in the future, from a market for private profit to a place that once more offers permanence, safety and opportunity for its citizens.

Peter Apps is a journalist and author of the Orwell Prize-winning book Show Me The Bodies which covers the build up to the Grenfell Tower fire. He spent 10 years writing at industry magazine Inside Housing and his work has also appeared in The Guardian, The New Statesman, The Times, The Independent and Private Eye.