Crisis responds to Government and City Hall announcement on reasonably priced housebuilding targets in London | Crisis

Today (Thursday 23^rd October) the Government and City Hall have announced a package deal of measures that features a discount in reasonably priced houses necessities to entry sooner planning permission in London from 35% to twenty%, and entry to grant funding for half of the reasonably priced houses on these websites.

Developers can even be given reduction from the Community Infrastructure Levy which is spent on enhancements to infrastructure resembling faculties, hospitals and transport for brand new developments on websites with a minimum of 20% reasonably priced houses. The package deal’s said purpose is to hurry up supply of housing in London.  

Matt Downie, Chief Executive of Crisis, mentioned: “The Government has mentioned they wish to finish the ethical stain of homelessness. We again them to the hilt in that ambition – however we now have actual considerations that the answer they’re presenting right here doesn’t come near addressing the dimensions of the issue. Over the years we’ve seen how twiddling with targets and placing religion in market forces results in nowhere close to sufficient social lease houses being constructed. The stark and shameful reality of that is report ranges of homelessness.

 “Government must suppose greater and bolder. We want forged iron ensures that social home constructing will occur at scale. In London we at the moment are in a scenario the place almost £5 million is being spent day-after-day by councils – and, by extension, taxpayers – on momentary lodging for individuals experiencing homelessness. Added to this, greater than 13,000 slept tough within the capital in 2024/25.

“Without the social housing required to prevent people from becoming homeless in the first place, the Government risks just propping up a broken system that is not only a ‘moral stain’ on the country, but which also makes no sense for the country’s finances.” 

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