UK - London - Block of flats boarded up for regeneration on Walworth Road Elephant and Castle

Large block of flats boarded up and slated for regeneration on Walworth Road in the area of Elephant and Castle, South London. This apartment tower block has been closed up with metal boards for some years now and there seems little evidence of the redevelopment that is mentioned on nearby signs. This is a stark sign of the seeming failure of planners to regenerate valuable housing space in London. With many people on the council housing lists waiting for years to be housed, blocks like this appear like a monolith to the misdirected ideas which leaves swathes of disused housing in the capitel while plans for building new homes goes ahead.

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Large block of flats boarded up and slated for regeneration on Walworth Road in the area of Elephant and Castle, South London. This apartment tower block has been closed up with metal boards for some years now and there seems little evidence of the redevelopment that is mentioned on nearby signs. This is a stark sign of the seeming failure of planners to regenerate valuable housing space in London. With many people on the council housing lists waiting for years to be housed, blocks like this appear like a monolith to the misdirected ideas which leaves swathes of disused housing in the capitel while plans for building new homes goes ahead.