| Topic: | Re:Re:Housing starts | |
| Posted by: | Jeremy Parkinson | |
| Date/Time: | 03/01/25 10:16:00 |
| I can't find any reference to the return of a billion in support grants and it is a surprising claim given that Sir Sadiq has been lobbying for more central government support for housing. This is not unjustified given that in the nineties central government used to supply 75% of the cost of building affordable housing and this has fallen to just 12% There is clearly a crisis in affordable housing construction as we speak and, unlike crime, where London's problems are mirrored in the rest of the country, this is a collapse that is confined to the capital. If you can explain to me why this is the Mayor's fault I'd be interested but it looks like London's dependence on tall buildings to provide the housing needed has been stymied by requirements such as a second staircase core in the wake of Grenfell. This is a central government policy initiated under the previous administration. Abject failure is not the wrong phrase to use about housing in London but you need to show how responsibility can be laid at the door of the Mayor because, as far as I can see, much of the reasons for the collapse in starts are out of his control. |