Bamboozled by dodgy definitions of affordable housing, the City of London somehow has recently managed to slither away from building any truly affordable housing at all. But that was then, during the term as Mayor of London of Boris Johnson, now UK prime minister.
This is now, and current Mayor Sadiq Khan intends to dodge the dodgy definitions and push for not less than 70% of new affordable construction to be social rent housing. It’s the scope of commitment that is sorely needed to address London’s low income housing crisis.
Will Khan be able to convince the national government to increase affordable housing funding by seven-fold in order to meet Khan’s prescription for adequately addressing the problem? Read more in bd: Khan: No End In Sight For ‘Dodgy’ Definitions Of Affordable Housing
