Enough with the luxury flats, where are the actual homes for people?

I saw a group of Year 10s yesterday, all local kids I know, sketching out their dream houses during a rainy lunch break. One girl, Aisha, who’s so bright it’s criminal, was drawing this modest three-bed terrace with a little garden. She said, “Mr. Mensah, I just want somewhere I can have my own room and maybe a dog. Is that too much to ask?” It broke my heart a bit because, looking around Tottenham, I can’t see how kids like Aisha are ever going to afford anything like that. All I see are glass towers and expensive new builds that end up being investments for people overseas, not homes for the families who grew up here.

This isn't about nimbyism or stopping development. It's about what kind of development we're allowing. We need a radical shift towards genuinely affordable housing, not just the token "affordable" units that are still out of reach for most working families and young people.