The borough will receive £250,000 from the Mayor of London for the development of four new homes for elderly people.

Boris Johnson has secured almost £30m of funding to build hundreds of homes for older and disabled Londoners, helping them remain independent and part of their community.

The funding is the first phase of the Mayor’s Care and Supported Housing Fund, delivered with the Department of Health, and will see 669 purpose-built affordable homes on 35 supported housing developments across the capital.

The Mayor of London said: “It is essential that we increase the supply of purpose built, quality homes for older and disabled Londoners if they are to have a real choice in how and where they live.

“These affordable homes will help hundreds of Londoners in Richmond remain in their own communities and, with a greater demand for quality and design, raise the benchmark for how this type of specialised housing is delivered in the future.

“This first phase of the fund has seen grants allocated to 35 supported housing developments, who were invited to bid for funding earlier in the year, to improve and replace existing housing stock."

The second phase, due to launch later this summer, will invite developers to submit plans to stimulate the private specialised housing market with innovative design, accessibility and new technology.