Charles Wright: London’s affordable housing supply looks likely to recover. But how strongly?

Charles Wright: London’s affordable housing supply looks likely to recover. But how strongly?

Are things beginning to look up for affordable housing in London? Sir Sadiq Khan’s housing deputy Tom Copley sounded optimistic about the progress of City Hall’s government-funded affordable homes grant programmes when he appeared before the London Assembly housing committee earlier this week. It’s a mixed picture, though. The Mayor’s initial affordable homes programme (AHP), which saw an allocation of £4.8 billion for the period for 2016 to 202…