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Written question asked by Lord Cashman (Non-affiliated) on Thursday, 5 March 2026, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 March 2026. It was answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 March 2026 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.


Affordable Housing: Tower Hamlets

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to assess the number of homes for affordable social housing (1) built or commenced by Tower Hamlets Council in the past two years, and (2) built by registered social landlords in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Answer

The table below shows the number of new affordable housing completions (including acquisitions) and starts on site in Tower Hamlets in 2023-24 and 2024-25 by provider.

2023-24

2024-25

Completions

Local Authority

91

50

Private Registered Provider

341

734

Unknown Provider

0

1

Total completions

432

785

Start

Local Authority

17

15

Private Registered Provider

219

183

Total starts

236

198

The data is published in the affordable housing supply statistics open data, published on gov.uk here (attached).


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL15231
Session
2024-26
Attachment
Affordable housing supply statistics
Subjects
Construction Affordable housing Tower Hamlets
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk