8 September 2015
Two candidates vying to take the position of Mayor of London want to create more opportunities for people to build their own homes.
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In an article for Bright Green, Green Party candidate Sian Berry has promised to back a “resident-led housing revolution” by prioritising self build schemes on a wide range of public and private sites. Ms Berry recommends a City Hall-funded Community Homes Unit which will offer advice on delivering housing developments on brownfield sites and provide grants to endorse resident-led proposals across London.
Meanwhile, London Assembly Conservative Party leader Andrew Boff – in the running for the Tory candidacy – proposes to pass public land to self builders in what he is branding a “self build revolution“. Londoners would secure Greater London Authority-owned land to build a home for themselves and would only pay for it on a subsequent resale. Incumbent Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson has already identified 4,000 disused sites and spaces which could deliver 10,000 homes in 10 years.
Voting in the London mayoral election will be held on 5 May 2016.
