Building safety hold-ups blamed as new housing starts in London plunge to 16-year low

By 2025-04-29T09:42:00

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Delays getting gateway 2 sign-off sees new home builds in capital collapse as one housing developer describes problems as a ‘national scandal’

A new report has said that 23 of London’s 33 boroughs had zero new housing starts in the first quarter of this year.

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