Agenda and minutes
Housing Committee - Tuesday 2 April 2019 10.00 am

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

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Andrew Boff AM and Leonie Cooper AM.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Jonathan Baker, [email protected], 020 7084 2825

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.

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact:  Jonathan Baker, [email protected], 020 7084 2825

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

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

3.2  Resolved:

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

Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Alice Tooms-Moore, [email protected]; 020 7084 2654

The Committee is recommended to:

(a)  Note the report as background to putting questions to the invited guests on Housing First in London and the subsequent discussion.

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

4.1  The Committee received the report of the Executive Director of Secretariat as background to putting questions on Housing First in London to the following invited guests:

·  Mark Taylor, Assistant Director of Services, The Single Homeless Project;

·  Stuart Nevill, Chief Executive Officer, Single Person’s Emergency Accommodation in Richmond;

·  Hannah Gousy, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Crisis; and

·  David Eastwood, Rough Sleeping Lead Manager, Housing and Land, Greater London Authority (GLA).

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

4.3  During the course of the discussion, Members requested that David Eastwood, GLA, provide a summary of the breakdown of funding provided to homeless services across London.

4.4  During the course of the discussion, Members requested that Hannah Gousy, Crisis, provide a breakdown of the number of people who are sleeping rough compared to the number of people in the hostel system.

4.5  The Committee agreed to write to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) regarding why the GLA were not selected to receive funding for a Housing First pilot; and the Mayor regarding whether the feedback and suggestions from the Housing First pilots have been sent to the MHCLG.

4.6  Resolved:

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Report of the Executive Director of Secretariat

Contact: Alice Tooms-Moore, [email protected]; 020 7084 2654

The Committee is recommended to

(a)  Note the summary of work completed during the 2018/19 Assembly year.

(b)  Note the provisional schedule of meetings for the 2019/20 Assembly year, which is subject to agreement at the Annual Meeting of the London Assembly on 2 May 2019.

(c)  Delegate authority to the Chair, in consultation with Party Group Lead Members, to agree;

  i.  Any further outputs relating to the Committee’s investigations in the 2018/19 Assembly year; and

  ii.  Arrangements for any site visits, informal meetings or engagement activities before the Committee’s next formal meeting. 

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

5.2  Resolved:

(a)  That the summary of work completed during the 2018/19 Assembly year be noted.

(b)  That the provisional schedule of meetings for the 2019/20 Assembly year, which is subject to agreement at the Annual Meeting of the London Assembly on 2 May 2019.

(c)  That authority be delegated to the Chair, in consultation with Party Group Lead Members to agree;

(i)  Any further outputs relating to the Committee’s investigations in the 2018/19 Assembly year; and

(ii)  Arrangements for any site visits, informal meetings or engagement activities before the Committee’s next formal meeting.

Subject to confirmation of the London Assembly’s calendar of meetings at the Annual Meeting of the London Assembly on 2 May 2019, the next meeting of the Housing Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, 8 May 2019 at 2pm in the Committee Room 5, City Hall.

6.1  Subject to confirmation at the Annual Meeting of the London Assembly on 2 May 2019, the next meeting of the Housing Committee was scheduled for Wednesday, 8 May 2019 at 2pm in the Committee Room 5, City Hall.

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

8.1  The meeting ended at 12.03 pm.