Title above by Dude Swheatie of the KUWG
From Z2K
Z2K at the Mayor’s Community Reception
What did we learn from Boris Johnson at last week’s Mayoral Community Reception – besides banter of beavers and babies?
That London is facing a housing crisis. Many of the guests at the reception, like Z2K, work directly with the poorest and most vulnerable who it affects most acutely. In recent decades, the lack of investment in social housing, combined with the introduction of right to buy schemes for council homes has generated a serious shortage of affordable housing in the capital. Add to this a welfare reform agenda which is committed to removing the safety net for the poorest households by capping housing benefit and penalising families who are under occupying their homes, despite a shortage of smaller properties to move them to.
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