When I started this site I had two goals. Firstly to uncover the kinds of practices that allow a small group of people to make vast amounts of money off the financial misery of the majority of Londoners. Second I wanted to do something about it. I was perhaps driven by a slightly naive belief […]
Sadiq’s deal with the developers – The Affordable Housing and Viability SPG
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 […]
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. […]
Can Khan’s new viability experts stop the developers devilish games?
Yesterday the new Mayor, Sadiq Khan, made what he considered to be a major announcement to ‘speed up home building’. Part of the announcement is a new team of viability experts who will scrutinise viability assessments. Building greater expertise on viability assessments is essential to holding developers to account, but is this new team all it […]
5 Things The New Mayor can do to solve the housing crisis
We have a new mayor who says that his main priority is to fix the housing crisis. But how? All politicians claim to want to do something about the horrific housing situation in London, but in recent years the situation has gone from bad to worse. With a new mayor comes new hope that he might take […]
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