NHF response to London housebuilding announcements

In response to the government's London housebuilding announcements, Kate Henderson, Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation said:

"London has an acute housing crisis, with 95,000 children in temporary accommodation, alongside a perfect storm of serious and unique challenges to housebuilding. 

“It's vital that action is taken to address these challenges, and while we don’t want to see affordable housing ambitions watered down, we hope that this temporary and London-specific package of measures gets spades in the ground and is quickly followed by ambitious plans to boost social housebuilding. This should include the confirmation of rent convergence, details of social housing funding and low cost loans.”

“What’s most important is that we deliver the homes people need, and we know that affordable housing requirements in the planning system deliver almost half of all new social and affordable homes across the country. Housing associations are committed to working with the government, developers and local government to ensure these requirements operate effectively and provide the homes families need."