Blackwall Reach | October | issue 34
Swan Housing welcomes the Mayor of London We were delighted to welcome The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan to Blackwall Reach. The Mayor chose Blackwall Reach to launch his new Housing Strategy because it’s a scheme which is transforming a key part of the capital, providing many more homes, particularly social and affordable housing, all through close partnership between Swan, LBTH, GLA and local residents. The Mayor joined Swan’s Chief Executive, John Synnuck, Geoff Pearce, Executive Director of Regeneration and Development and Sandra Fawcett, Executive Director of Operations, to see first-hand how the development partners are transforming the estate into over 1,500 new homes, of which 679 will be affordable – a key pledge of the Mayor. The Blackwall Reach project has benefitted from £50m of loan funding from City Hall to accelerate the scheme. After walking through the estate, the Mayor visited ‘The Reach’ where he met residents and community groups and discussed the benefits of ‘The Reach’ as well as their new and improved homes at Blackwall Reach. The Mayor then launched his Housing Strategy to members of the press, announcing his intention to earmark £250million from City Hall to use for buying and preparing land for new and affordable housing.
“At Swan, we are delighted that the Mayor of London chose to launch his new Housing Strategy at Blackwall Reach. This £300m regeneration really does demonstrate how, working together with our Borough partners and The Mayor of London, we can deliver more high quality, affordable homes for Londoners, more quickly.” John Synnuck, Chief Executive at Swan Housing Association
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