LEWISHAM is at top of the league when it comes to social housing, according to a new survey.
Of all homes built in the borough in 2004/05, 57.6 per cent were social housing set aside for poorer residents the joint highest in London.
According to the survey carried out by the GMB trade union, this far outweighs the London-wide average, where only a quarter of homes built are social housing.
Lewisham Council, as with all local authorities, has to bring all of its properties up to a national quality standard by 2010, under the Decent Homes initiative.
All new housing developments in the borough must also now include social housing under guidelines published by the Mayor of London.
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