Growth, guns, gridlock: London to face some key challenges in 2025 [Video]

London is a city likely to be challenged by its own success in 2025. 

The city continues to experience rapid growth, with a recent city staff report pointing to provincial estimates that predict 9,000 new people a year will come to London to live over the next 25 years. 

That growth is good for land values and city coffers, but it also brings challenges on multiple fronts, from housing affordability, to road congestion, to crime and homelessness. 

Here’s an outline of some of the challenges London is sure to face in the year ahead.

Homelessness and housing 

Managing the city’s response to the the housing and homelessness crisis will continue to be a top-of-mind challenge in 2025. London has made significant efforts to respond, including agreeing to fund Ark Aid Mission shelter services through the year, although they’ll have …