The housing crisis in our city has been going on for years but it's now reached a whole new level. London is building more council homes than at any time since the 1970s but it's just not enough; we've got to build more.
We've got to pull every lever to get building again. Yes, we need to get the government to put more money into council housing, and I'm delighted they're committed to affordable housing.
Southwark has built more than 1,700 council homes over the last five years, but has 17,000 people on its council house waiting list.
Councils were spending 4m a day on housing more than 180,000 people, with half of those being children, which illustrates the severity of the housing crisis.
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