Roundtable Hears Affordable Housing Demand Outweighs Supply in London

London community leaders are seeking new solutions when it comes to keeping up with the demand for affordable housing.

Leanna Zeyl has worked with the homeless population as a social worker.

She says the need for affordable housing in London is dire.

"If you don't know where you're going to go home at night, if you don't know where your next meal is going to be, if you're not sure if you're going to be warm enough at night, it's absolute chaos," says Zeyl of the Intercommunity Health Centre.

The main problem in the city? A lack of consistency in government funding.

"There has to be an easier way to keep this sustainable program. When a government changes the housing stops, and then the next government looks at housing projects again," says Louise Stevens Director of Municipal Housing.

The goal at Monday's community round table today is to find new ways of creating sustainable affordable housing.

The city of London currently budgets $2 million a year for it.

"How can we do it better, how can we do it for longer," says Joni Baechler, London city councillor.

The waiting list is still long for affordable housing, with the list between 2000-3000 people.

London hopes to have 900 new units committed by 2016.

Right now they have about 650.

"We're actually doing really well, but that's with the program funding we have until March 2015," says Stevens.