Housing: Greater London
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the number of new homes that were built in London in the last five years.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook
Overall housing delivery in London is currently averaging 37,200 net additions a year (2019-2023).
This is below existing London Plan targets of 52k per year. Under the Government’s proposed new method for calculating housing need, London would have a target of delivering 80,693 homes a year (an increase of 117%).
The Government is committed to working in partnership with the Mayor of London, boroughs, and the sector to significantly increase housing delivery in the capital.
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