Khan Needs To Make Tough Decisions On Housing

Alexandra Jones writes in Londonist about the tough calls Sadiq Khan needs to make to deal with London's housing crisis.

Press release published on 10 June 2016 by Alexandra Jones

The controversy this week around Sadiq Khan’s apparent back-tracking on his pledge to freeze transport fares suggests that after an assured first month in office, the honeymoon period may be over for the new mayor.

However, a potentially tougher political challenge still awaits Khan.

That is setting out how he intends to deal with London’s housing crisis, which was by far the biggest topic in the recent election campaign — and which will require him to take more unpopular and controversial decisions in the very near future.

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