The Homes for Londoners Community Housing Hub will offer support for Londoners and community groups who want to build their own affordable homes.

The hub will offer advice on how to access funding and unlock land as well as offering technical support in an attempt to improve the number of independent builders and increase affordable housing in the capital.

This comes after Mr Khan agreed to invest £500,000 to deliver 22 custom-built new and permanently affordable homes for first-time buyers across three sites in Enfield, which will be delivered by Naked House.

“Community-led housing offers the chance to build new homes that Londoners want to live in,” said the mayor.

“Londoners should be able to play a leading role in building their own communities, but for too long this has been difficult and they have had no support or access to funding.”

Naked House is made up of a group of Londoners who strip developments back to their bare essentials allowing communities to design and shape the homes they live in.

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The group has the potential to deliver across a further seven sites in the future and the programme is set to be the largest custom-build development in London.

“We’re excited to begin work on our 22-home scheme in Enfield – all of which will be 100% affordable for those on modest incomes, with local residents given priority,” said Simon Chouffot, co-founder of Naked House.

“We want to put people back at the centre of housebuilding – creating well-designed but pared-back homes that residents can adapt and change to suit their needs.

"Support from the GLA [Greater London Authority] has been crucial – ensuring homes are genuinely affordable for those currently priced out of the communities in which they’ve put down roots.”

Calum Green, co-director of London Community Land Trust, added: “Community-led housing is a great way to provide the genuinely and permanently affordable homes that London needs.

“Londoners are more inclined to back the building of new homes in our neighbourhood when we play a meaningful role in deciding where those homes go, who should live in them and what they should look like.”