The deputy mayor for London, Joanne McCartney, visited Manor Road Quarter in Canning Town on Thursday, where she took part in a topping-out ceremony to mark the first phase of completion of the major development which is set to deliver 800 new homes, half of which will be affordable.
City Hall says Manor Road Quarter has created over 200 new jobs spanning construction, project management, and social value creation, including 36 new apprentices.
City Hall says Manor Road Quarter has created over 200 new jobs spanning construction, project management, and social value creation, including 36 new apprentices.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00 Yes, I mean this is Manor Road Court, a new development of 800 homes, half of which will
00:06 be affordable.
00:07 And we do know, for example, that the local authority will have 100% nomination rights
00:13 so they can take people off the housing list and straight into affordable, good quality
00:18 homes.
00:19 And what does Chipping Port define as affordable?
00:30 Well this Mayor, I'm glad to say, has redefined what an affordable home is because previously
00:35 it was anything up to 80% of market rent, which we know for many families was not affordable.
00:40 So we have a whole range now, from London Living Rent for low income Londoners, to Intermediate
00:46 Rent for those that perhaps will not be on the council waiting list but really have struggles
00:52 paying a market rent.
00:54 So there's a real mix and I think that's working for London.
00:58 The Mayor of course has met all of his housing targets and we want to do more.