Sadiq Khan will allow private housebuilders to limit the
amount of affordable housing included in new developments to 35% in a deal that
opponents said casts doubt on his election promise to “set a target for 50% of
all new homes in London to be genuinely affordable”. The threshold is intended
to increase housebuilders’ contribution to cheaper housing, but the
Conservative opposition accused Khan of “ratting on what he said during the
election”, something strongly denied by City Hall. Andrew Boff, the Tory housing
spokesman on the London assembly, said: “There was a clear statement that 50%
was what he wanted. Now this has become a long-term aspiration. The mayor has
resiled on his housing target.” Read more on the Guardian website.
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