Only 5,547 Housing Starts Last Year in London – Against 88,000 Target

London mayor urged to tackle shortage of family and accessible homes with higher grants

London mayor Sadiq Khan has been urged to give higher grants for “desperately needed” family-sized and accessible homes in the capital’s next affordable housing programme.

Mayor’s affordable housing delivery falls short of what Londoners actually need

Rising costs, funding constraints and a lack of strategic focus are slowing the delivery of the affordable homes Londoners need most, particularly family-sized and accessible homes. A new report from the London Assembly Housing Committee – Assessing delivery, needs and challenges of the Mayor’s Affordable Homes – warns that London’s affordable housing system is failing to keep pace with need, despite public investment through the Mayor’s Afforda…

London housebuilding collapses by 84% in a decade

Rising build costs and a weak sales market mean contractors are “going bust” and thousands of London homes have been put on hold, Molior warns

Only 5,547 housing starts last year in London – against 88,000 target

“Ordinary Londoners suffering the most” from failure to build enough new homes, reports Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter Housebuilding starts have fallen by 84% in London since 2015 despite the capital’s housing supply crisis, new data has revealed. Research from consultants Molior has shown that just 5,547 starts were made on homes built by the private sector in 2025, compared to 33,782 in 2015. Last year’s figure was significantly boost…