London's Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, was elected promising to make building more homes his "single biggest priority" in office. His manifesto derided his predecessor's failure to build 50,000 houses a year, and promised to "break the home-building logjam" and to make 50% of new homes affordable. Since being elected, he has presided over the creation of a hugely ambitious draft London Plan, targeting construction of even more homes - 65,000 a year. But cold, hard reality is hitting home. The latest government housebuilding figures show Khan's London is heading backwards - fast. Net additions to the housing stock - which include conversions and changes of use - were down by 20% in London in the year to April, dropping to 31,723. That's under half the building rate promised in his draft plan. It's also ; virtually the same number built in predecessor Boris Johnson's final year in office.
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