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London Green Party Assembly Member Darren Johnson has hit back following the Mayor’s sign off of the £1bn expansion of the Westfield development in Shepherd’s Bush.
Developer, Westfield Shoppingtowns Ltd will build 1,347 homes. Although the exact figure could increase subject to viability assessments, currently only 162 will be affordable homes, 40 per cent of which will be social rented.
Darren commented,
“This outrageous decision puts the interests of rich property developers before Londoners who need affordable housing. We need property and land taxes to dampen demand from the super-rich, a much higher level of investment in affordable housing, and regulations to protect those left renting privately from investor landlords.”
“City Hall recently produced new research on London’s housing needs. To fix our housing problems over the next ten years it suggested we needed to build 62,000 homes a year, of which 41,000 should be affordable homes. So two thirds should be affordable homes.
“But the Mayor keeps signing off developments like the Westfield expansion that are a long way from providing this.”