50% Of New London Brownfield Housing To Be Affordable

Sadiq Khan, the Labour candidate in May's London mayoral election, has said 50% of new housing on public land will be affordable if he is elected. A register of public land recently found 40,000 sites in London could be developed delivering 130,000 homes. Mr Khan said Boris Johnson had sold off 400 acres of public land without creating enough affordable homes. The Mayor's office said the 400 acres sold would deliver 50,000 new homes with 31% classed as affordable. Read more on the BBC website.