tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post5320329318898545154..comments2022-12-13T14:45:12.233+00:00Comments on Martin Goodall's Planning Law Blog: Short-term lets in Greater LondonMartin H Goodallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079479984296674469noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170718846507476773.post-8713298893090102962014-03-03T19:58:35.573+00:002014-03-03T19:58:35.573+00:00It sounds like an issue that the Housing Committee...It sounds like an issue that the Housing Committee of the London Assembly should do an investigation and report on, given the huge undersupply of a and rising unaffordability of housing in the capital.<br /><br />I suspect though that this proposal has more to do with it being virtually unenforceable (thus counting as the dreaded 'red tape'), than envisaging or promoting an increase in the use of homes as temporary sleeping accommodation. <br /><br />As it stands there are many web based agencies facilitating this, seemingly just for Wimbledon or the run up to Christmas, suggesting it is not worthwhile as a year round venture. It seems to me that there is a healthy supply of hotel rooms, healthy competition on price; and most tourists would want to stay in different areas to where homes are located (as evidenced by the locations of hotels built recently or in the pipeline - the vast majority being within Southwark, Tower Hamlets, the City, Westminster, Lambeth and K&C - and Hillingdon and Hounslow for Heathrow).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com