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URSY.NEWS / The Guardian / 14 Oct 2026

Build-it-yourself housing project was a huge success in 1970s Lewisham | Letters

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John Banks on the driving force behind a pioneering self-build project in the London borough. Plus a letter from Jonathan PearsonAn uplifting article by Phineas Harper about plans for self-build houses by Lewisham council in London (Free land for those who will build social homes on it. Is this the radical solution to the UK’s housing problem?, 8 October).The original 1970s Lewisham self-build sc…

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