c/o 18 Market Place Blue Anchor Lane London SE16 3UQ 2 2018 Dear Sir/Madam Please see below consultation response to the draft London Plan, Chapter 4 Housing , submitted by the 35% Campaign, on behalf of the Elephant Amenity Network. Yours faithfully Jerry Flynn CHAPTER 4 HOUSING Policy H1 Increasing housing supply 1.1 We feel that the overall housing target, derived from the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment can only be achieved through - over-delivery of one and two-bedroom homes, failure to address high levels of overcrowding prevalent in some of the most deprived communities of London and failure to deliver mixed and balanced communities and lifetime neighbourhoods. 1.2 We don’t feel that this can be defined as or sustainable growth particularly there ‘good’ are huge questions around financing for essential social infrastructure and homes that households with below median income levels can afford. 1.3 Having a single target for all types of homes needed in London gives the impression that delivery of homes, regardless of type and tenures is essential and is meeting need while often is it only meeting need at the top end. 1.4 Successive London Mayors have argued that delivering of more market homes (than evidence suggests is required) is the best way to bring down house prices. However, an increasing range of media commentators say that building more homes (regardless of type) will not deal with the housing crisis and won’t bring down house prices. The Kate Barker national review of housing supply of 2004 recognised this, saying that even if private housebuilding roughly doubled from 120,000 to 240,000, house prices would still continue to rise on a trend of 1.1 per cent above inflation. The review said that to stop house prices rising at all would imply a level of market housebuilding that would be and unachievable”. “undesirable 1.5 The evidence of need for social-rented in London is enormous. The SHMA identifies this at 47%, but taking 25 years to meet the backlog of need. If the very high levels of backlog of need
c/o 18 Market Place Blue Anchor Lane London SE16 3UQ 2 2018 Dear Sir/Madam Please see below consultation response to the draft London Plan, Chapter 4 Housing , submitted by the 35% Campaign, on behalf of the Elephant Amenity Network. Yours faithfully Jerry Flynn CHAPTER 4 HOUSING Policy H1 Increasing housing supply 1.1 We feel that the overall housing target, derived from the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment can only be achieved through - over-delivery of one and two-bedroom homes, failure to address high levels of overcrowding prevalent in some of the most deprived communities of London and failure to deliver mixed and balanced communities and lifetime neighbourhoods. 1.2 We don’t feel that this can be defined as ‘good’ or sustainable growth particularly there are huge questions around financing for essential social infrastructure and homes that households with below median income levels can afford. 1.3 Having a single target for all types of homes needed in London gives the impression that delivery of homes, regardless of type and tenures is essential and is meeting need while often is it only meeting need at the top end. 1.4 Successive London Mayors have argued that delivering of more market homes (than evidence suggests is required) is the best way to bring down house prices. However, an increasing range of media commentators say that building more homes (regardless of type) will not deal with the housing crisis and won’t bring down house prices. The Kate Barker national review of housing supply of 2004 recognised this, saying that even if private housebuilding roughly doubled from 120,000 to 240,000, house prices would still continue to rise on a trend of 1.1 per cent above inflation. The review said that to stop house prices rising at all would imply a level of market housebuilding that would be “undesirable and unachievable”. 1.5 The evidence of need for social-rented in London is enormous. The SHMA identifies this at 47%, but taking 25 years to meet the backlog of need. If the very high levels of backlog of need