• Reference: 2011/3323
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 November 2011

Will you be responding to the government's consultation on reforms to the Community Infrastructure Levy (deadline: 30 December 2011) and if so, what are the key points you will make?

• Reference: 2011/3322
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 November 2011

Should the definition of affordable housing be related to the income of the tenant rather than the type of property?

• Reference: 2011/3321
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 November 2011

Research from the Cambridge Centre for Housing & Planning Research (CCHPR) claims that most inner London boroughs are likely to become almost entirely unaffordable to low-income tenants on Local Hosing Allowance (LHA) by 2016. Do these projections match your own estimates for the number of neighbourhoods in inner London where the maximum eligible Local Housing Allowance will not be enough to cover the lower quartile neighbourhood rent (i.e. the current rent of the cheapest 25% of properties in that area) by 2016?

• Reference: 2011/3320
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 November 2011

Further to MQ3118 can you provide an update on the progress the HCA has made in agreeing contracts for the Affordable Homes Programme in London for 2011-15, with proposed affordable housing supply broken down by borough and by tenure (Social rent, Affordable Rent, First Steps)?

• Reference: 2011/3319
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 November 2011

A recent budget request submitted to the Housing Investment Group (HIG) outlines a transfer to the GLA of £360,000 of LDA funding which had previously been set aside for the development of the London Housing and Property Company. The stated purpose of this transfer is to ensure 'business continuity' as powers and responsibilities are transferred from the LDA to the GLA's Housing Directorate. Can you provide further details of the seven individual projects that will receive this money and state how their aims are aligned with those of the London Housing and Property Company?

• Reference: 2011/3318
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 November 2011

How will the proposed London Rental Standard be set and then enforced?

• Reference: 2011/3317
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 November 2011

In your 2008 election Manifesto you promised to create a 'network of Community Land Trusts' across London. At what point do you envisage this promise will have been fulfilled, and how?

• Reference: 2011/3316
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 November 2011

Your press release dated 28 October 2011 stated that 'around 3,500 new homes will be built on public land that has been unlocked for development across London'. Please can you provide figures for these homes, broken down by borough, tenure and size?

• Reference: 2011/3315
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 November 2011

How do you respond to statistics released by DCLG on 2 November 2011 which show that London saw a 27 per cent decrease in the net supply of affordable housing over the last year, falling from 24,340 net additional homes in 2009-10 to 17,830 in 2010-11?

• Reference: 2011/3314
• Question by: Mike Tuffrey
• Meeting date: 16 November 2011

The Planning and Housing Committee's recent report on overcrowding in London's social rented sector included the recommendation that the Mayor should aim for 42 per cent of new social rented housing to have four or more bedrooms, reflecting the need set out in the London Strategic Housing Market Assessment. Do you accept that by reducing your current target to ensure that only 36 per cent of new Affordable Rent homes will contain 3 bedrooms or more, you risk ignoring the benefits that come with building more and larger sized family homes?