Delivery of affordable homes in London is at the lowest ever level, according to analysis from tenants.
The 2004 London Plan set promising targets of building much needed affordable homes in the capital, but the London Tenants Federation (LTF) found the number of those homes being built has dropped by around 1,000 each year for the last four years.
The annual affordable housing targets of 13,200 additional homes outlined by mayor of London Boris Johnson were not met as only half of the homes were delivered in 2013/14. Only 28% of the total new and additional conventional homes were affordable, while 78% were homes for sale or buy to let.
There were similar failings with rental properties as the annual delivery of social and affordable rent homes dropped by over 1,000 from 2011/12 to 2013/14, while delivery of student housing was greater than that of social housing in the capital.