Living in a denser London: How residents see their homes, a report by Fanny Blanc, Kath Scanlon and Tim White for LSE London and LSE Cities, is one of the many things that risk being overlooked as covid-19 continues to dominate our lives. The research was conducted between 2016 and 2019, and the report published in March 2020. 

Prompted by the realisation that “Londoners are in the midst of a city-wide experiment in built form”, it makes fascinating reading. Touching on history, politics, policy, affordability, land value, housing need and more, the main aim was simply to understand what it is like to live at high density. 

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