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Affordable Housing: Greater London

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 79802

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 61251 on Affordable Housing: Greater London, what level of affordable housing delivery in London he is targeting; and what progress his Department has made on this.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The GLA’s target range for the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme in London is 17,800-19,000.

The GLA last published their affordable housing statistics in August 2025. From the beginning of the programme to June 2025, there have been 5,500 starts, and 997 completions.

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