Funding London’s priorities

Shared ownership is not the answer to the housing crisis. These schemes will underperform and underserve the market because buy-in requires a level of certainty about putting down stakes in London, that the general public just do not have. Instead, these lots will remain empty, purchased by foreign investors who simply wish to own a pert of our city. Londoners will continue to be bought out by enigmas who do not love this city like we do. 

We need more affordable high-spec rentals properties. Schemes like London living rent are great and should be scaled up. Build apartments with residential gyms, co-working spaces - places for community. Those with a single income must be able to afford to rent. Do not punish individuals for seeking independence. Instead, accommodate it and provide community through social services like culture centres, libraries, etc. 

I agree with comments advocating making life safer for pedestrians on the pavement. 

Cyclists illegally riding on the pavement and cyclists illegally running red lights are serious safety issues for pedestrians. I regularly treat pedestrians who have been injured by cyclists. Existing laws are not enforced-police advised me this is £90 fine & 3 pts on licence.

In my daily walk to work (3y), I observe:

• Despite a clear cycle lane, cyclists jump the curb to ride on the pavement.
• Cycling illegally on the pavement is for convenience, as evidenced by the clear cycle lane, jumping on and off in the same 200m stretch.
• Cyclists on the pavement do not give pedestrians safe passing distance.
• Cyclists on the pavement include: people in full lycra on their own bicycles with helmets, people on bicycles without helmets, people on Lime bikes mainly without helmets, people on Forest bikes mainly without helmets. It's not just e-bikes, it's all kinds of cyclists in London who illegally ride on the pavement for their own convenience.
• Cyclists in the bus lane illegally jump the curb riding through the narrow space for pedestrians/ ppl disembarking rather than wait or pass legally
• Cyclists ride at high speeds on the pavement, not giving way
• Even a slow cyclist is scary when coming straight at you
• Cyclists cycle the wrong way on one-way streets
• Cyclists choose illegal pavement cycling rather than the inconvenience of a one-way system
• Cyclists block crosswalks

Regularly, cyclists nearly run me over when:

• illegally running a red light, including directly in front of the police station
• illegally not giving way on a zebra crossing
• cycling on the pavement in front of my hospital workplace where many people are in wheelchairs, transport chairs, with IVs, children, people with newborns
• riding on narrow pavement over a bridge
• standing at a crosswalk waiting for the green man

I agreed with a cyclist in a cycling forum: "don't punch down". If cyclists need to be on the pavement, they can easily walk their bicycle.

This entire suvey is biased towards questions that are slanted - ie having the Mayor’s priorities for encouraging economic growth and minimum wage under one answer. These are totally separate headings and deserve separate consideration.

Similarly, many of the issues raised should have no involvement of the Mayor. But we are not given any opportunity during the wuestions to comment.

This is an absolutely useless survey and I object to it in the stronges Terms.

No doubt my survey will therefore be junked. What a waste of my time - and a waste of resources

As a wheelchair user, I am discouraged at the outset , in thinking about exporing the different districts and communities of London. So my prime, urgent appeal is for every railway station; whether it is the main Long Distance Termini, or London Underground and Overground, is accessible for wheelchairs.  There are many intriguing itineraries in such as Patrick Keiler's 'Veiws from the Train' or Iain Sinclair's 'London Overground'

Do you think that if cyclists had to pay fines like road users that the politicians would be more interested dealing with the unacceptable behaviour of cyclists in the capital?

We will see a short crackdown that seems to be for the cameras. 

Dear Mr Mayor thank you so much for your hard work for London! I think the proposals in the survey have some good ideas. I think the priorities should be on investments for a green future, which means building good cycle and public transport infrastructure and things like solar panels / heat pumps etc. In my opinion the work that has been done with ULEZ and the congestion charge is a good start but we can go further. We should look at the possibility of only allowing electric cars within the Congestion Charge Zone. Furthermore I'd like to make a plea for better cycle infrastructure in the "cycling deserts" such as for example around Earl's Court / Cromwell Road. The essential factor in getting people on bikes is making sure they feel certain they will have safe, curb protected / separated infrastructure wherever they go. I also think the whole Earl's Court one way system needs a big rethink because at the moment you have roads like Warwick Road / Finborough Road / Gunter Grove and Earl's Court road which are designed to funnel as many cars as possible through the middle of the city, right where people live. It's not a safe or desirable place to live as a result, and there is simply no need to have large amounts of motor traffic going right through the city centre like that. We can send them around the city like cities like Amsterdam do. What I would like to suggest for this particular area is:

 - Reduction from 2 lanes of traffic one way to 1 lane of traffic one way and a bidirectional cycle path (one notes that an additional lane in the same direction has been shown to not make a massive difference)

 - Addition of trees

- Reduction of any 30 speed limits to 20

- Addition of Dutch style crossroads intersections which make it safer for cyclists to cross, especially when turning right across traffic. These should become the default across London

Thanks again

I am a firm believer that we need to address the lack of up to standard as well as social housing. Until this isn't resolved Londoners are going to continue to struggle paying most of their salaries to unkept accommodation and will not have stable foundations to build their lives on. Solutions need to be strategised for the long term too so that they can be sustainable and not simply push the issue down the line.

I also believe that the city can do better ensuring cleaner streets, green spaces and minimise the traffic in the city. The Super loop bus was a great initative for this. Supporting Londoners to be more attached to their communities would also be great, especially younger generations who are feeling disheartened by the lack of positive prospects for the future. 

I visited Battersea Powerstaion last week. A superb top quality development. Unfortunately the Northern Line trains to the station were all filthy dirty, extremely noisy and an embarrassing disgrace to Londoners. The seats were so dirty I could not bring myself to sit on them! Why are the tracks so noisy when this last section has only just been completed? The new station at Battersea is however very impressive! Investment by TFL on the Northern Line rolling stock must be a top priority! 

Very sorry to see that environment and nature recovery, and maintaining and extending green and blue space is not a priority 

Make footpaths usable only by pedestrians. 
Get those wretched bicycles and scooters off the footpaths. I'm fed up with jumping out of their way when they are on the path with their disregard for pedestrians. 

London's wildlife and greenery is my top concern. If they can thrive I know I can too. I wish for a world willing to learn, learn, learn. I feel alone in my quest for truth, dignity and integrity. I observe madness around me. People "dream". See? Singular.

As  a 78-year-old, I do a lot of walking in London and love it. My biggest bugbear are electric scooters and bikes using the pavements and jumping red lights you are walking along you don't hear them coming and they don't slowdown.

after living with the torture of anti social behaviour for over 22 years i just wish someone will take it more seriously than all the authorities do now.

why don't the council  want to help ? .

they should charge the multi tenancy houses more council tax to cover the cost as they all commit anti social behaviour and crimes . they have done this for over 22 years without any one stopping them or doing anything . if the council need to save money they could close the noise teams and any anti social behaviour  people  as they don't seem to have any desire or ability to stop crimes

1. Every 100 metres in urban space, there could be seating for elders, disabled, parents with children, people injured or wanting to rest. This seating could include memorials to local people - paid for by memorialising local residents who have died, by those wanting to remember them. 
   2. Legalise, regulate and license natural products for health & well-being. Please end the racist laws that criminalise cannabis and other natural products, while licensing poisonous substances like whiskey. Stop wasting police time by making them patrol racist laws. 

Deal more effectively with ASB. Invest in more supported housing - not everyone can manage to live independently - the thresholds are too high. 

More social rent housing

Why does the definition for genuinely affordable housing include - shared ownership (also requires rent payments) and london living rent which is unaffordable to most londoners?

We need to spend tax payers money on providing these assets- not waste billons on developers profit. Issues tenancy's that guarantee a home, but not a property, limit the length of a certain property to 10 years - so that we can have churn in council housing stock to alleviate over crowding. It's about changed expectations. 

Invest more in jobs and retraining our workforce - why are there so limited training opportunities for skills we lack? All therapys and hospital staff, teachers, trades, engineers etc - this should be easy to do without having to take 3 years on an expensive course. People in their 20s-50s need flexible training options - evenings, accelerated etc help make this happen with national government help - without AI is going to leave millions without work before the market transitions

Nationslise failing utilities 

All the issues that are laid out are equally important one way or another to people living and working in London. Housing and Crime are what impacts people currently and while seeing all the new housing being built in the capital we all know it is far from affordable to most either as renters or to buy. One thing that stands out is that huge swathes of new build are gobbled up by overseas investors at the expense of Londoners. The Mayor should pressure the Government to stop this and put in place measures to make sure Londoners get affordable housing and push for rent controls like they have in Europe.

The current housing policy needs a complete overhaul. 

Firstly, building 880,000 homes in 10 years is totally unrealistic when the current build rate in London is at 38,000 homes a year. How is this going to be more than doubled? Where are the workers and resources going to come from? 

These unrealistic targets are leading to the unnecessary release of Green Belt land, which is vital for the health of the community and ecosystem in and around London. These new developments on the outskirts will be car-dependent, which goes against everything the Mayor has previously stated he stands for. Also, planning permission for 300,000 homes around London has already been granted. Why not start with those - and aim for development in more central, brownfield sites that would be more accessible for residents. 

Additionally, the policy skirts around the actual problem. It is not one of supply. From 2013-2023, the London population has grown by 6%, but the housing stock has grown by 11%. So why have things gotten so much worse? We don't have a supply issue - we have an affordability issue. 

The current housing policy needs to be updated to actually benefit Londoners, and not the government or developers. We need to prioritise brownfield sites that already have good transport connections and increase affordability instead of going for the vanity metric of 'number of homes built'. 

A clear understanding of how and why the situation is as it is.  Tinkering around the edges and pussyfooting around the greedy commercial interests of rich companies instead of making them accountable. Not just the company but the individuals that work there. The law is there I believe. Deliberately polluting our water is a criminal offencfe, yet Thames Water continues to deliberately pollute water as do the others. Housing Assoc exploit tenants, neglect their housing stock, care not a jot about people yet continue to receive council and government contracts to build homes e.g. Peabody. We know just how to make our cities greener. Individuals can make a difference but the big money and destruction is with the councils and private companies who either don't care or continue as before, instead of having a rethink and adapting effective methods to look after what we have and add, not destroy and start again over and over. The money wasted is huge. We need a culture where truth and honesty is valued and lies and misdeeds called out. Where the 'villains' are not welcome in society and top jobs. Kindness needs to be seen as a great strength and promoted acroass the board. We've lost sight of 'keep it small and simple'. We seem to value, growing bigger, spend money, flash, fake, profit at all cost.