Last week the consultation on the Mayor of London’s new Affordable Housing and Viability Supplementary Planning Guidance closed. You can see and download my full response to the consultation at the end of this post, but the main issues are summarised below. Viability and affordable housing The issue of affordable housing and viability has been […]
Guest Post: The Houses in Multiple Occupation Scam. Warehousing the poor and ripping off the public
This post comes from Jon Knowles, who lives in Hounslow, West London. Some time ago Jon noticed some disturbing changes in his area. Homes built to accommodate a family of three or four were being bought up and converted to houses in multiple occupation. The practice was starting to have an impact on the neighbourhood […]
Lewisham Compulsory Purchase – the Battle of The Den
Has the development community finally met its match in the fearsome lions of Millwall football club? For several years Lewisham, with their development partner, Renewal, have been trying to start redevelopment of a large part of industrial London in Deptford. Now the scheme is going off the rails after the council and Renewal have faced […]
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. […]
House builders’ profits explode 5x in 6 years
Profits at major house builders suggest that building more affordable homes in London is possible Currently, private developments in London are only delivering 13% of their new housing as affordable housing. Most London boroughs have a requirement that 40-50% of housing on new developments is classed as affordable. The argument often put by the house-building […]
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