Agenda and minutes
Housing Committee - Tuesday 3 July 2018 10.00 am

To receive any apologies for absence and any announcements from the Chair.

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Tony Devenish AM, and Leonie Cooper AM, for whom Florence Eshalomi AM substituted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Clare Bryant, [email protected], 020 7983 4616

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, as disclosable pecuniary interests;

(b)  Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any disclosable pecuniary interests in specific items listed on the agenda and the necessary action taken by the Member(s) regarding withdrawal following such declaration(s); and

(c)  Note the declaration by any Member(s) of any other interests deemed to be relevant (including any interests arising from gifts and hospitality received which are not at the time of the meeting reflected on the Authority’s register of gifts and hospitality, and noting also the advice from the GLA’s Monitoring Officer set out at Agenda Item 2) and to note any necessary action taken by the Member(s) following such declaration(s).

2.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

2.2  Resolved:

That the list of offices held by Assembly Members, as set out in the table at Agenda Item 2, be noted as disclosable pecuniary interests.

The Committee is recommended to confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 5 June 2018 to be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

3.1  Resolved:

That the minutes of the meeting held on 5 June 2018 be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Clare Bryant, [email protected], 020 7983 4616

The Committee is recommended to note the outstanding actions arising from its previous meetings.

4.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

4.2  Resolved:

That the outstanding actions arising from previous meetings of the Committee be noted.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Pauline Niesseron, [email protected]; 020 7983 4843

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the report as background to putting questions to the invited guests on resident involvement in social housing in London.

(b)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with party Group Lead Members, to agree any output from the discussion.
 

5.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions on resident involvement on social housing to the following invited guests:

·  James Murray, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development, Greater London Authority;

·  Ellen Storrar, Housing Policy Manager, Greater London Authority;

·  David Burns, Head of Housing Strategy, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham;

·  Simon Latham, Assistant Director – Environment, Housing and Regeneration Directorate (Housing and Regeneration), London Borough of Sutton;

·  Steve Tucker, Managing Director, Sutton Housing and Partnership (ALMO);

·  Michael Scorer, Strategic Director, Housing and Modernisations, London Borough of Southwark;

·  Paul Hackett, Chief Executive, Optivo, and Chair of g15; and

·  Simon Theobald, Head of Customer Engagement, Metropolitan.

5.2  A transcript of the discussion is attached at Appendix 1.

5.3  During the course of the discussion, Members requested the following additional information:

·  Further detail on how many households or residents each Resident Support Officer was responsible for from the Strategic Director, Housing and Modernisation, London Borough of Southwark;

·  Further clarity on whether when estates had been transferred to housing associations, in the same way right to buy has been preserved, has the right to retain a Tenant Management Organisation been preserved in the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 5.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Lorraine Ford, s[email protected]; 020 7983 4394

The Committee is recommended to note its work programme, as set out in the report.

6.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat.

6.2  Resolved:

That the work programme be noted.

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for 4 September 2018 at 10.00am the Chamber, City Hall.

7.1  The next meeting of the Committee was scheduled for Tuesday, 4 September 2018 at 10.00am in the Chamber, City Hall.

8.1  There were no items of business that the Chair considered to be urgent.

9.1  The meeting ended at 12.15pm.