Housing Strategy for London – ‘Have your say’

The Mayor of London has launched his Draft London Housing Strategy headlined ‘Have your say – tackling London’s housing crisis’. It sets out his plans to tackle the capital’s housing crisis and to provide all Londoners with a decent and affordable home. The housing crisis is the greatest challenge facing London today, and tackling it is…

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Conservative candidate for London Mayor

Last week we had a brief look at both the Labour and Libdem candidates for London Mayor, today we take a look at Zac Goldsmith, the Conservative candidate, with the vote taking place in around 50 days Zac is trailing Labour’s Sadiq Khan at the moment in the polls but that could all change as…

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City Hall responds re 25% cap

Last friday Property Week Magazine claimed that the London Mayor, Boris Johnson is planning to set a new cap of 25% for affordable homes in key housing zones and opportunity areas, this if introduced would effectively block local authorities from negotiating up from that threshold. A response from City Hall has played down such reports…

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