Sadiq Khan has been told to lower rent for women in London as a report from City Hall looks to shine a light on the gender housing gap.
Renting in London sure isn’t cheap
The Labour assembly member noted the report provided opportunities to ‘begin to level the playing field for women’. The report suggests Mr Khan consider making London Living Rent homes available to women to rent based on women’s median incomes, rather than across everyone, according to theLondon Living Rent helps Londoners who want to build up savings to buy a home, by providing high quality rented homes on stable tenancies, with rents based on a third of local household incomes.
It found women earning the median wage need to spend 63% of earnings to afford median private rent, compared to men spending around 49%. Ms Moema added: ‘We firmly believe that if the mayor takes the appropriate steps, through our recommendations, there could be a significant improvement in women having the opportunity to rent or own their own home in London.’
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