"Steve Reed, the housing secretary, and Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, will announce the package within weeks, in what officials say will be a time-limited intervention designed to stall the sudden drop in new building in the capital. The plans, details of which are still being negotiated, have been welcomed by developers but condemned by homelessness charities who say it will increase the record numbers of people who are homeless in the UK."
"A spokesperson for Khan said: The mayor is working with the housing secretary on a package of reforms to boost housebuilding in the capital. Expected to be launched in the coming weeks, the changes will aim to unblock stalled sites and give the mayor stronger levers to approve homes and bring thousands of homes forward more quickly as we continue to build a better, fairer, more prosperous London for all."
"Mairi MacRae, director of campaigns and policy at Shelter, said: Plans to slash targets on affordable housing in London will allow profit-driven developers to continue looking after their bottom line at the expense of 97,000 children who are growing up homeless in the capital. The government must urgently reverse these plans. Ministers have put new housebuilding at the heart of their economic plans, with a target to build 1.5m homes over the course of the parliament."
Government plans will allow developers to build lower numbers of affordable homes while claiming higher subsidies to build them, aiming to reverse a steep fall in London housebuilding. Housing secretary Steve Reed and Mayor Sadiq Khan will announce a time-limited package within weeks to unblock stalled sites and give the mayor stronger levers to approve homes more quickly. Developers have welcomed the proposals. Homelessness charities have condemned the plans, warning they will increase record homelessness in the UK. Shelter warned that slashing affordable housing targets will harm children growing up homeless in London. National targets aim for 1.5m homes, but London construction has fallen sharply.
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