Lendlease to find out whether £2bn London housing deal is pulled next month

By Hamish Champ and Dave Rogers2018-06-12T06:00:00

Source: Twitter

New leadership team at Haringey council campaigned against plan in last month’s local elections

Lendlease is set to find out next month whether the new Labour administration at Haringey council in north London will junk its controversial £2bn joint venture with the authority to build thousands of new homes across the borough.

Called the Haringey Development Vehicle (HDV), new council leader Joseph Ejiofor, had campaigned on a ticket which included scrapping the JV, which has proved divisive with opponents saying it doesn’t include enough affordable homes and will price local people out of the area.

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