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Public land and genuinely affordable housing targets (2)

  • Reference: 2016/3689
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 19 October 2016
Will Homes for Londoners consider acquiring land owned by other public sector bodies, or otherwise working in partnership with them, to ensure the delivery of at least 50 per cent genuinely affordable housing?

Public land and genuinely affordable housing targets (1)

  • Reference: 2016/3688
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 19 October 2016
Will you ensure that developments on public land due to be sold off in areas of acute housing need, such as the Holloway Prison and Brixton Prison sites, will deliver at least 50 per cent genuinely affordable housing?

London Living Rent

  • Reference: 2016/3687
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 19 October 2016
Homes for rent at the London Living Rent are set to be defined in terms of affordability to people on median salaries in each borough. What other types of homes or products will you be creating that will be affordable to people on lower salaries, such as the London Living Wage?

Stable tenancies update

  • Reference: 2016/3686
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 19 October 2016
Following from question 2016/0685, what range of tenancy lengths have developers East Wick and Sweetwater Projects Ltd committed to providing for private renters?

Homes for Londoners

  • Reference: 2016/3685
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 19 October 2016
In addition to the 'expenditure of up to £200,000 to support the establishment of Homes for Londoners and provide other technical advice as necessary' and the '£250,000 spent on an interim expert viability team' announced in your recent Mayoral decision (MD2012), what are your future spending plans for the establishment of Homes for Londoners?

Preventing wasted housing

  • Reference: 2016/3684
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 19 October 2016
What plans do you have to "support councils in bringing empty homes back into use, using compulsory purchase orders where necessary", as promised in your manifesto?

Landlord information for tenants

  • Reference: 2016/3683
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 19 October 2016
Whether or not you gain devolved powers over borough private landlord licensing, will you commit to collating and publishing all the information from existing licensing and enforcement schemes in London in an accessible way, as a central resource for tenants?

Landlord support

  • Reference: 2016/3682
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 19 October 2016
Will your officers talk to those running Rent Smart Wales in order to share knowledge about effective training courses for private landlords?

Electrical safety testing

  • Reference: 2016/3681
  • Question by: Siân Berry
  • Meeting date: 19 October 2016
Following from clauses 122 and 123 in the Housing and Planning Act 2016, how will you encourage private landlords to undertake regular electrical safety testing in private rented properties?

London City Airport expansion

  • Reference: 2016/3680
  • Question by: Caroline Russell
  • Meeting date: 19 October 2016
Thank you for your answer to 2016/3034 in which you stated that you are "not persuaded further expansion of airports within London would be compatible with my aim of achieving legal limits for air quality as soon as possible." Given your statement, will you revisit your earlier decision to withdraw your predecessor's objection to the compulsory purchase order of GLA land to facilitate London City Airport's expansion programme?
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