London ‘desperately needs’ more family homes as developers accused of building too many small flats

City Hall housing targets incentivise small flats over family homes, Mayor warned

City Hall’s government-set target of building 88,000 homes every year ‘prioritising speed over need’

London ‘desperately needs’ more family homes as developers accused of building too many small flats

Developers are incentivised to build too many one and two-bedroom properties in London instead of the family-sized homes that the capital desperately needs, the Mayor of London has been told. City Hall’s government-set target of building 88,000 homes every year has prompted Sir Sadiq Khan to prioritise speed over need, according to senior Conservative Assembly […] The post London ‘desperately needs’ more family homes as developers accused of bui…

London is building too many small flats instead of family homes, new report claims

Long-serving Conservative on London Assembly warns families are “leaving the capital en masse” thanks to current City Hall policies, reports Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter London Assembly member Andrew Boff (LDRS image) Developers are incentivised to build too many one and two-bedroom properties in London instead of the family-sized homes that the capital desperately needs, a senior London Assembly member has claimed in a new report. Ci…