London Housing Crisis: The number of affordable homes started last year is the second lowest on record

“The mayor repeatedly boasted that he hit his last affordable housing goal in 2023. But, as I and others have warned, this is achieved by extracting forward projects and an accounting skill from the coming years, meaning that if 2,000 homes are demolished and 2,200 new homes are built in a decade, the mayor will build in 2,200 new homes.