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Request reference number: MGLA231118-8818
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Summary of request
Your Ref: MGLA311018-6577
Thank you for your informative response.
I have two questions:
ONE
Could you please check the data for Newham (shown as all social/affordable rent homes at Social Rent), because the GLA�s press release of 23 October specifically states that all these homes were to be at LAR?
�The Mayor of Newham, Rokhsana Fiaz, said: �I am very happy our bid for �107 million of funding from the Mayor of London has been successful. This funding will kick-start our ambitious housing programme, which will see the construction of more than 1,000 quality homes across 40 sites in Newham started by 2022, and available at London Affordable Rent.�
TWO
The table you have provided shows 1,166 �LAR homes (above benchmark rent)�.
Please can you advise:
a) Are these rents set at levels above the formula rent cap of the government�s social rent setting regime?
b) If so, why has the Mayor agreed to designate these homes as �London Affordable Rent�?
c) If so, please give details of the rental amounts and rent setting arrangements by the number of bedrooms, for the relevant homes for each local authority with a grant allocation for these homes.
d) Are these homes considered by the Mayor to be low cost rent or intermediate housing?
e) If the latter, why has the Mayor agreed to designate these homes as �London Affordable Rent�?
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MGLA231118-8818 - FOI response