Context
Temporary housing in London costs £4 million a day, rents are soaring, local housing allowance is frozen, and councils fear going bankrupt. Only 5% of homes in London are affordable.
Question
I welcome the Chancellor’s “build, build, build” policy, but with temporary housing in London costing £4 million a day, soaring rents and a frozen local housing allowance, it is no wonder that London councils fear going bankrupt and having to rehouse people from outside the capital, where only 5% of homes are affordable. In the comprehensive spending review, will my right hon. Friend look into possibly uprating this stingy Tory legacy, so that Londoners are not forced out of London?
Answer from The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves)
The key thing we need to do is build the homes our country desperately needs. That is why I put £600 million of investment into creating 60,000 additional places for people to learn the construction skills we need, and into good jobs, paying decent wages and building the homes we need. That is also why we are reforming the planning system, so that we can actually get those homes built. We are backing the builders, not the blockers, which is what the Conservatives did.
Not addressed: Uprating local housing allowance and addressing affordability issues for Londoners was not directly addressed
How: Backing The Builders, Reforming Planning System
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