London needs 66,000 new homes a year – up from 29,000

New figures released today by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, reveal that London needs to build 66,000 new homes every year to meet its growing need and put right years of underinvestment. The Mayor is calling on the government to commit to profoundly boosting the funding and powers available to London at the Budget on 22 November in order to meet this need – and as a first step return government funding for affordable housing in the capital to the level it was at in 2009/10.