This guest post comes from Tony Coyne. Tony is a freelance journalist and housing campaigner. He writes under a pseudonym to prevent any backlash against the campaigns he is involved in. During the election Mr Khan made a great deal out of the fact that he was brought up on a council estate, with his […]
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 […]
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. […]
Sadiq spins the revolving door for financial viability consultants
In August, the new Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced that he would be employing an expert group to scrutinise affordable housing viability assessments, the documents property developers have to submit to councils when they want to drop affordable housing obligations. We have reported on a number of occasions on how viability assessments are used […]
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