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8,000 social homes slashed in London
Gentrification drive sees estates replaced by luxury flats
LONDON’S social housing has been reduced by 8,000 amid a gentrification drive which has seen council estates replaced with luxury housing, a London Assembly report revealed yesterday.
The London Assembly housing committee report prompted Green AM Darren Johnson to demand Mayor Boris Johnson invest in the renovation of council estates instead of bulldozing them.
His call came a day after south London housing campaigners dumped a pile of rubble outside of Southwark Council offices in protest at the demolition of the Aylesbury Estate.
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