"My theory is we have got enough housing in Havering, we've just got the wrong people living in the wrong homes," she says. Under-occupation of large homes by older residents is one of the main problems the council has identified. The area has an older population than the rest of London, and the council believes some are in homes better suited to families, and is trying to entice them to move. Downsizing would be a win-win says Kelly. "They can't heat it, they can't maintain it, the neighbour complains that the garden is not being looked after," she says. Rather than begin a major new home-building programme, Havering prefers infilling existing plots and ensuring the mix of homes is right. It is spending £5.5m on new homes, topped up with £2m from the Greater London Authority. The car park and a patch of grass next to an existing sheltered housing development has been identified as a location for three two-bedroom bungalows.
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