A year ago, I started this website. After having grown up in London, I was becoming increasingly concerned about the way in which our city was being exploited. One particular frustration was the way in which property developers were undermining the rules designed to protect our communities and our built environment (and making absurd profits in the process), […]
Archives for December 2016
Sadiq Khan drops promise on estate regeneration
When Mayor Khan settles down for some reading over the holiday period, perhaps he should dust off a copy of his manifesto. Just weeks after the new Mayor dropped a commitment to compel developers to deliver 50% affordable housing on new housing sites, another promise made before the election appears to be heading for the dustbin. […]
Not just a betrayal – The Mayor’s affordable housing ‘aspirations’
It has taken less than a year for the new Mayor of London to abandon the firm commitment to mandate that 50% of homes on new developments are built as affordable housing. Now, in a deal with London’s property developers he has announced that he will only be seeking 35% affordable housing on new homes. […]
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