'The current system is not working. That's why we need a combination of more investment from the government to build more generally affordable homes, but also a change when it comes to reforming renters' rights so they've got more protection.'
London Mayor Sadiq Khan says he has met his own housebuilding target for affordable new homes in the capital.
The current mayor says the figures represent the best completion rate on homes of all types at any time since the 1930s.
"That's not the case now and many more people need to and are renting but their renting choices, as Sadiq said, are very limited and largely in the private sector, which is hugely expensive." Critics will ask why he's taken this long to get to this point and highlight that while London has reached the target of starting more than 116,000 affordable homes, only around half of those homes have actually been completed - and you can't live in a half-built home.
About 7,000 of the homes counted in the 116,000 target were actually started in the year before Mr Khan became mayor. How so? It is not an attempt by City Hall to fudge the figures - the government did include the year 2015-16 in London's 116,000 affordable starts target.
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