London Borough of Newham: How Can Cities Unlock Low-Carbon, Affordable Housing at Scale Without Relying on Business-As-Usual Development Models? tile-image

London Borough of Newham: How Can Cities Unlock Low-Carbon, Affordable Housing at Scale Without Relying on Business-As-Usual Development Models?

Year Completed: 2025

New research takes a hard look at this question—and where today’s system is getting stuck—to understand how policy implementation, development models, and supply chains interact to shape whole-life carbon and housing affordability.

Workshops with council teams and developers, desk research, policy analysis, and interviews across the local housing ecosystem were conducted.

Supported by the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance and conducted in partnership with Dark Matter Labs under the framework of the project: “European Cities Pioneering Low-Carbon Buildings for a Just Transition”, funded by the Laudes Foundation. 

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