Catherine West MP Standing up for Hornsey & Wood Green
The housing crisis is the biggest challenge facing London. In my advice surgeries, I speak to so many families struggling in overcrowded flats, people who’ve been on the council waiting list for years and have lost all hope of getting anywhere and young people who can’t save for a mortgage because rents are so high.
The Wood Green (West) regeneration scheme will see thousands of new homes built over the coming decades. Developers are trying to tell the council that only 18% can be affordable, but we know that Labour policy is 50%.