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The Lddc's Allocation Of Expenditure Between 1981 And 1996 Was: £ Million ...


The LDDC's allocation of expenditure between 1981 and 1996 was:
£ million
Land acquisition185
Land reclamation145
Utilities155
Roads and transport648
Environmental141
DLR311
Social housing163
Community and industry support108
Promotion and publicity 22
Administration163
Total2,041
This demonstrates the huge costs of providing infrastructure, and these figures were compiled before the completion of a number of infrastructure initiatives such as the Jubilee line extension.
Housing created
In 1981, the number of households in the Docklands Urban Development Area was under 15,000: in 1998 it was 36,000 (Kleinman 1999: 2). 24,000 houses were built between 1982 and 1998, equating to 1,400 per annum compared with 262 per ammum during 1971 and 1981 (ibid). The comparative increase of only 21,000 households can be accounted for by demolitions e.g. for the Limehouse Link road to be built, 556 residents were moved to new accommodation (www.lddc-history.org.uk/engineering/index.html). Kleinman argues that the private sector house building in the area can be seen as additional as it addresses a market which would not be perceived to exist had it not been for the LDDC (Kleinman 1999: 3), and that demand for housing across London might have led to it being built elsewhere in the capital where the infrastructure could not have coped (ibid: 4).
Types of housing
At the end of March 1997, with 21,615 houses completed in Docklands, 27.3% were social housing while the rest were for owner-occupation (Kleinman 1999: 3).
Between 1981 and 1994, 6,500 new houses were built in the Tower Hamlets Urban Development Area, of which 700 were for rent (11%), with a figure of 13% across Docklands (Docklands Forum 1996: 14). The report refers to increasing levels of homelessness and overcrowding (ibid).
Tower Hamlets currently has 24,000 tenanted properties and 12,000 leaseholds, representing 27% of housing in the borough . (www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/data/housing/index.cfm). The tenure/ownership patterns of Tower Hamlets households has changed considerably since 1987:
Year
% of Households in Council Accommodation
% of Households in Accommodation run by Registered Social Landlords
% Owner-Occupier Households

1987
74
8
18

2002
30
21
49

(www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/data.housing/data/strategy/downloads/0-10%20%20housing-strategy.pdf: 8)
5% of council stock is sold annually under the Right to Buy scheme (ibid). The Borough still has a housing shortage, with 15,000 people on their housing list, of which 2,300 need to move on health grounds (ibid: 6). The average house price in the area is now over £200K, requiring an income of £56K for purchase, but the average income for the London region is £34,720: Demand for affordable housing is high far outstripping supply and affecting the recruitment and retention in key public services (ibid: 10).
The area also notes a population growth of 35,000 since 1991 (www.towerhamlets.


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