• Reference: 2025/2354
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

A constituent has been in touch with me about Dorchester Court, where residents are desperately trying to raise fund to provide legal and technical aid to fight a private redevelopment by their freeholder that could seriously harm current tenants and leaseholders who would be displaced, and the Grade-II listed building they live in. What provisions will you make in your new London Plan to help active communities like this to preserve their homes and local heritage?

• Reference: 2025/2353
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

A constituent has been in touch with me about Dorchester Court, where residents are desperately trying to raise funds to provide legal and technical aid to fight a private redevelopment by their freeholder that could seriously harm current tenants and leaseholders who would be displaced, and the Grade-II listed building they live in. Do you support the Dorchester Court Tenants' Union campaign to save not only their homes from development, but their tight-knit community from being broken up and potentially permanently evicted without rehousing options?

• Reference: 2025/2352
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

Acquiring market homes for social rent has huge potential to make better use of our existing housing stock. How are you measuring the benefits of the Council Homes Acquisition Programme (CHAP)?

• Reference: 2025/2351
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

Thank you for your answer to MQ 2025/1756, in which you confirmed 15 councils have had bids approved under the Council Homes Acquisition Programme (CHAP). How many councils have used this funding to purchase properties outside their boroughs?

• Reference: 2025/2350
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

Thank you for your answer to MQ 2025/1756, in which you confirmed 15 councils have had bids approved under the Council Homes Acquisition Programme (CHAP). What are the reasons councils have reported about the barriers to further uptake?

• Reference: 2025/2349
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

Thank you for your answer to MQ 2025/1756, in which you confirmed 15 councils have had bids approved under the Council Homes Acquisition Programme (CHAP). What reasons have you heard from non-participating councils about why they have not bid for funding?

• Reference: 2025/2348
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

There are more underoccupied than overcrowded homes in London. Please can you tell me: a) how many applications has your seaside and country homes scheme had, b) how many have successfully moved, and c) how the scheme is advertised?

• Reference: 2025/2347
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

There are more underoccupied than overcrowded homes in London. How are you using your powers to make the most out of our existing housing stock, and what additional powers are you lobbying Government for?

• Reference: 2025/2346
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

Thank you for your answer to MQ 2025/1757, in which you outlined your successor schemes to the Good Growth Fund. What key learnings will you take from the Good Growth Fund to improve how you manage these schemes?

• Reference: 2025/2345
• Question by: Zoë Garbett
• Meeting date: 11 July 2025

A private developer has just made a £36m profit after buying and sitting on an empty parcel of land in the centre of Elephant and Castle for over a decade. No homes were built in that time. What steps are you taking to combat land banking in London?