Conference
The London Housing Summit 2026
Programme
Agenda
Arrivals & breakfast
Welcome to the London Housing Summit 2026!
Our conference host will brief our guests on the day’s programme.
We will share exclusive early insights from the programme’s first, flagship project: ‘Delivering the Homes London Needs: What Will It Take?’, exploring the barriers to both new housing delivery and optimal use of existing stock in London. The full report will be released following the local election on Tuesday, 19 May.
Sir James Cleverly will share the Conservative Party’s policy approach to tackling London’s housing crisis and reflect on the capital’s role in meeting its ambitious housing delivery targets on a national level.
With only a third of the capital’s 88,000 homes a year target currently being met – and local elections approaching in May – this session examines how policy, politics and planning could unlock building the homes London needs at scale.
Can increased housing supply alleviate London’s housing crisis? What would this take, and what other levers must be pulled?
Chair: Jay Morton, Director and Founder of Architects for Change Podcast Bell Phillips Architects
Ian McDermott CEO of Peabody and Chair of G15
Syreeta Robinson-Gayle, Head of Affordable Housing Barratt London
Lizzie Le Mare, Director Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design
Cheryl Scott, Consultant Development Manager London Community Land Trust
Morning break
Delegates and experts from across sectors will join moderated, thematic sessions.
Further details to be announced soon.
Lunch
Delegates will have the opportunity to join different thematic sessions.
Afternoon break
With access to housing becoming increasingly unequal and the amount of affordable rental properties continuing to fall, this session explores what measures are needed to reshape housing distribution.
How can we urgently reform the systems that dictate housing demand and accessibility whilst also focusing on increasing supply?
Details to be announced soon.