The Old War Office has been one of London’s most famous landmarks for more than 100 years. Now, it’s being developed into 85 luxury flats and a 120-room Raffles hotel with an underground swimming pool, three gym studios, a spa and a 16-seat cinema, but it won’t include any affordable housing.The UK’s two richest people, the Hinduja brothers, have been allowed to avoid planning rules that should have required them to build 98 affordable flats for key workers, after the then Conservative-led Westminster council agreed it would ‘not be economically feasible’Luxury flats project by UK’s two richest people has no social housing Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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