Sadiq Khan has called for the government to introduce temporary measures to help shore up housebuilding and protect tenants in the capital in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

London’s mayor has written to housing secretary Robert Jenrick demanding he introduce further measures to support housing delivery when construction work is able to restart once social distancing measures are relaxed.

Khan said: “At this stage, I would request that you consider introducing temporary measures to grant maximum flexibility to the Greater London Authority to utilise funding provided by [the ministry of housing] via the affordable homes programme and land assembly, small sites and accelerated construction funds.”

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