Ensuring all residents have a decent place to call home is one of the most important priorities the council has set itself.

We simply do not have enough homes in our borough and our population is continuing to grow. People want to come and live in our borough because it is a welcoming community and a great place to live. This means we need to deliver new places to live. These homes need to be the types of homes that suit families’ needs and at a price they can afford.

That is why the borough has prioritised the delivery of new, genuinely affordable homes. Despite a downturn in the housebuilding industry across London, we have continued to deliver new and genuinely affordable homes for local people.

Across the borough, more than 1,800 new genuinely affordable homes have been built or started since 2022 — one of the biggest council homebuilding programmes in the country. These are not abstract numbers: they are new beginnings for families in Acton Gardens, Copley Close, High Lane in Hanwell, Northolt Grange, and Golf Links in Greenford, where high‑quality homes are now letting to local people on low incomes.

More than 35% of all homes built in the borough over the past 4 years are affordable, far exceeding national benchmarks.

We have also acted decisively to increase supply at pace. The council has bought 290 homes still under construction in Acton and Southall. These are properties once destined for the open market. This ‘bulk purchasing’ ensures we get value for money and turns otherwise private sales into much needed secure, genuinely affordable homes for families on our waiting list. And, with £21.2million also invested in 100 new self‑contained temporary accommodation places, including the transformation of Aspect House in Acton, fewer families are being forced into unsuitable B&Bs or costly hotels.

At the same time, we have worked relentlessly to raise housing standards. Indeed, 93% of council homes now meet the national Decent Homes Standard, with a £425million programme en route to taking us to 100% by 2028.

Meanwhile, more than 1,200 council homes have been retrofitted with modern insulation, cleaner heating systems and heat pumps — making homes warmer, greener and cheaper to run.

Having a decent, secure place to call home is the absolute foundation of a good life. We understand this is becoming increasingly difficult and, because the council is on your side, we have taken decisive action to ensure we get as many genuinely affordable homes as possible built for local people.