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Housing has hit the top of the agenda again on the last day of the Labour Party conference, as Labour鈥檚 London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan pledged to make homes in the capital 鈥渁ffordable to buy or rent鈥�.

Speaking in Brighton, Khan said he planned to make the mayoral election in May next year 鈥渁 referendum on London鈥檚 housing crisis鈥�.

He added that previous governments had 鈥渇ailed鈥� to build the homes needed and accused the Conservatives in city hall and central government of letting big developers 鈥渙ff the hook鈥� on building affordable homes.

Labelling next month鈥檚 housing bill the 鈥淣o Home of Your Own鈥� bill ,Khan said he would oppose it as it would be a disaster for London, forcing councils to sell off the last remaining affordable homes in the city and added that there was 鈥渘o guarantee that they won鈥檛 be sold to foreign investors鈥�.

Outlining his plans to solve the crisis in London Khan discussed setting up a team of experts at City Hall - Homes for Londoners 鈥� to plan, fund and develop new homes and providing Londoners with 鈥渇irst dibs鈥� on new builds.

He vowed to make Labour the party of homeowners, stand up to the developers and 鈥渋nsist鈥� that half of all new homes are genuinely affordable and to bring in a London living rent.

Khan added though that London needed more powers over housing, skills, jobs, health and crime as well as more funding to give it responsibility over its future.