Mayor has no magic wand on housing

11th November 2016

London Mayor Sadiq Khan says issues such as the capital’s housing crisis “are complicated and entrenched” and their “is no magic wand” to fix them overnight. Tackling such matters, he insists, “will be a marathon not a sprint.” Analysis by the Standard of Mr Khan’s first six month in the role says he has made “encouraging first steps” on housing but “time is tight” when it comes to dealing with the shortage of housing and affordable homes. Meanwhile James Murray, deputy mayor for housing, says he is determined to continue building shared-ownership property, to help alleviate the capital’s housing crisis and help buyers to get on the property ladder. He has also proposed new planning rules, including an offer that developers who voluntarily agree to designate 35% of homes in new schemes as affordable can fast track their planning applications.

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