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Homes for Londoners
The Mayor Sadiq Khan wants to tackle London’s housing crisis and is working with local councils, housing associations and developers to build the homes Londoners need.
That’s why he’s launched Homes for Londoners.
The Mayor has secured more than £4.8 billion from Government to help start building 116,000 genuinely affordable homes by 2022, both for sale and for rent. The Mayor has been using the funding to support a range of affordable homes, in particular:
- homes based on social rent levels - for people on low incomes
- London Living Rent homes - helping Londoners on average incomes save for a deposit to buy their first home
- London Shared Ownership homes - for people who want to buy but cannot afford to do so on the open market.
The Mayor's aim is for half of all new homes in London to be genuinely affordable. He is working with partners to get more affordable homes built on empty public land.
He’s also earmarked up to £50m to deliver move-on accommodation for people leaving hostels and refuges.
Aims
Homes for Londoners is building more homes by:
- making sure the right policies and funding are in place to support developers, investors, housing associations and councils
- using all land and planning powers to support public and private development, unlocking development sites and bringing forward surplus public land
- exploring and promoting innovative construction methods, and working with the construction sector to develop the skilled workforce required to build thousands of new homes for Londoners.
The Homes for Londoners board, chaired by the Mayor, is overseeing and guiding all of this work.
Below you can find out more about the programme and use our Homes for Londoners search tools to find about available property to rent or buy in your area.
Shared Ownership, Help to Buy and First Dibs are schemes to give Londoners routes to home ownership.
Find out about London Living Rent, a type of affordable housing with rents based on a third of local household incomes.
Mayor Sadiq Khan has secured more than £4.8bn to help start building at least 116,000 affordable homes.
The Mayor has created this leasehold guide for Londoners to make the system of tenure easier to understand.
The Homes for Londoners Board will provide advice to the Mayor on housing policy, strategy and delivery issues.
The Mayor is making £10 million available to build capacity in council housing and planning departments.
Find out how to apply for the Mayor's innovation fund - designed to deliver more affordable housing in London.
This page summarises the Homes for Londoners Land Fund.
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