London Councils has welcomed the launch of the government’s social housing green paper, but Cllr Darren Rodwell, London Councils’ Executive member for housing and planning called on the government to go further and faster:

“London desperately needs more social housing and London boroughs must be empowered to build the homes our communities need,” he said.

“While boroughs will be pleased the long-awaited green paper proposes new flexibilities aimed at increasing local authorities’ social housing stock, we need to see the government act with more urgency.”