“We’re only going to work with [developers] who are interested in meeting our objectives,” says Smith. “If you come to us with a record of using ‘viability assessments’, ‘permitted development’ rules (which allow offices to be converted into housing, again without any requirement for affordable units) and other mechanisms to avoid delivering affordable housing on privately owned land, don’t expect to partner with us on land that we own.”

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