These homes - across Walthamstow, Chingford, Leyton, and Leytonstone - won't be built by Waltham Forest Council but by private developers who will need to apply for planning permission.

I bought a two-bedroom apartment in Walthamstow in 2002 because it was cheap. I never wanted to live south of the river as psychologically it seemed too far from Glasgow, where I was born and raised.