London mayoral candidates on housing

City AM and the Evening Standard both compare the housing policies of London mayoral candidates Sadiq Khan (Labour), Sian Berry (Green), Luisa Porritt (Lib Dem) and Shaun Bailey (Conservative), noting that incumbent Khan has set a target of building 10,000 new council homes as a part of his wider target to build 122,000 affordable homes between 2016 and 2023. Mr Bailey promises to build 100,000 shared ownership homes that would be sold for £100,000 each. Ms Berry said that she will lobby the Government to cancel the right-to-buy scheme in London to make sure that council housing stocks are not depleted. Ms Porritt’s policies include a pledge to convert empty office space in Central London post-COVID into affordable housing.

City AM (12/04/2021) Evening Standard (12/04/2021)