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<p>As set out in our Housing White Paper, the Government recognises that this country
does not build enough new homes and the National Planning Policy Framework is clear
that local authorities, such as the London Borough of Haringey, are expected to identify
and plan for the market and affordable housing needs of their area.</p><p>The Mayor
has overall responsibility for housing policy and delivery in London and given that
homes in London are the most unaffordable in the country, we believe London must take
urgent action to plan for more homes and address the lack of delivery.</p><p>At a
national level the Government is determined to boost housing supply and to build more
affordable homes. To support this, at Autumn Statement 2016 we announced an £1.4 billion
expansion of the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme (SOAHP) 2016-21 which
increased the overall budget to £7.1 billion. The Government has agreed a £3.15 billion
package of funding for affordable housing in London to deliver at least 90,000 new
affordable homes by March 2021. So far we have delivered nearly 333,000 new affordable
homes since 2010 with one quarter of overall delivery in London (79,300).</p>
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