2024-05-01T23:13:44-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/143145697/london-s-bleak-housing Robert Urquhart 2015-12-18T05:00:00-05:00 >2015-12-24T18:22:02-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bn/bn24v1zn0v6juiln.tif?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The housing crisis in London has rumbled on for decades, its supply never quite catching up with the demands of its own population growth. Council stock has been sold off without being replaced, creating an un-developable green belt around it &ndash; a victim, in part, to its success as a hip, modern, international financial centre, and purveyor of &ldquo;Olde Worlde&rdquo; charm.</p>