London Deputy Mayor to visit New Zealand
The Building a Better New Zealand conference is your opportunity to hear Richard Blakeway, Deputy Mayor of London, talk about how London has increased its housing supply to support economic success.
Richard is responsible for overseeing the Mayor of London’s statutory housing powers. This includes London’s housing strategy, £3 billion of investment and around 600 hectares of land.
The strategy aims to increase the supply of housing of all tenures and to ensure that these homes better support London’s continued economic success. The strategy is not just about supply; policies range from improving the existing stock to tackling rough sleeping - but supply is at the heart of it, underpinning each of its five key priorities:
- increasing housing supply to levels not seen since the 1930s;
- better supporting working Londoners and helping more of them into home ownership;
- improving the private rented sector and promoting new purpose-built and well managed private rented housing;
- pushing for a new, long-term financial settlement for London Government to drive housing delivery; and
- bringing forward land for development and accelerating the pace of housing delivery through Housing Zones and the London Housing Bank.
Keynote speaker
Richard is the keynote speaker at the Building a Better New Zealand conference, coming up in Auckland (3-5 September). He is widely recognised as one of the UK’s most prominent authorities on housing and regeneration. He has been a particularly strong advocate for high quality urban development and planning - arguing the case for new and improved housing conditions in one of the world’s leading global cities.
Register now to hear Richard and make the most of early bird registration discounts (closing 5 August)