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Increasing the housing supply may bring the cost of housing down a little, but it could merely lead to even more people coming out from London to buy up houses on the Crossrail line. We need to be sure that we have sufficient housing supply for local people, especially the young and those on modest or average incomes. I would therefore urge the Council to specify a minimum of 40% social housing on every new development, plus a further 35% "affordable". I support more older or disabled people's housing, especially in the villages, to enable older people to downsize and free up housing for families..