The West Ham trio have chosen to focus on social and affordable housing. They want to help tackle Britain’s housing crisis by building thousands of affordable homes across the country, complete with sporting academies where they will offer coaching to youngsters. That means building low-cost homes – each scheme will have 45-50% social and affordable housing – and offering community services such as adult education classes. “I moved seven times in four years in social housing in east London [as a kid]. The plans, which are subject to planning permission, envisage 1,297 rental homes at Kingsland, including 546 private apartments and 200 private houses; 400 social and affordable apartments and 200 social and affordable houses.

Source: The Guardian September 24, 2016 06:01 UTC