Key information
Request reference number: MGLA030524-2287 MGLA030524-2289
Date of response:
Summary of request
21-26 Affordable Housing funding
1. List the schemes funded by SSH capital funding in London Boroughs since 2022
We do not report information at a scheme level, however, details of programme delivery, including supported housing programmes, are published on the GLA website at the following link: GLA-stats-general-programmes-Q4.xlsx (live.com)
2. List the schemes funded through CHAP funding that are sui-generis in planning approval
The GLA housing and land team do not hold information on sui-generis schemes.
3. How many Centrepoint schemes have received affordable Housing funding?
4. How many YMCA schemes have received affordable Housing funding?
5. How many Crisis schemes have received affordable Housing funding?
(3-5) Details of affordable housing funding decisions are held on the delegates approval list
which is available on the GLA website at the following link, this will include funding made to
hostels: Delegated-Approval-List-cumulative_Q4_2023-24.xlsx (live.com)
6. How many schemes specifically for homelessness (without support needs) have been
funded?
Within the Mayor’s Affordable Housing 2021-26, the GLA launched a sub programme primarily to enable councils to acquire homes that may be used for temporary accommodation, which that programme 59 schemes have been identified specifically for homeless client groups.
7. How many sui-generis in planning approval have been funded since 2022?
8. List the funding pathways for no.7 above.
(7-8) The GLA housing and land team do not hold information on sui-generis schemes.
Temporary Accommodation - Please provide information on GLA funded schemes since 2021.
1. How many schemes are funded in London for Temporary Accommodation that do not meet mayoral space standards?
Within the Mayor’s Affordable Housing 2021-26, the GLA launched a sub programme primarily to enable councils to acquire homes that may be used for temporary accommodation. For schemes within this programme the GLA does not hold information on whether the units meet the Mayor’s space standard, however a full assessment of the schemes is undertaken prior to a funding decision and only those that fit with the Mayor’s priorities for this programme are taken forward.
2. How many affordable housing schemes have been funded in London that are sui-generis in planning approval?
The GLA housing and land team do not hold information on sui-generis schemes.
3. How many schemes have received mayoral funding that are 50% below mayoral space standards?
The GLA housing and land team does not hold the information showing the % below space standards in our project details. All schemes proposed with the Mayor’s housing programmes are discussed in full with the GLA to ensure that they are within the Mayor’s requirements for housing programmes. Projects that fail to meet space standards by more than 50% would fall outside the AH programme requirements.
4. How many HMO schemes have been funded?
The GLA housing and land team does not hold this information.
5. How many hostels have been funded?
Details of affordable housing funding decisions are held on the delegates approval list which is available on the GLA website at the following link, this will include funding made to hostels: Delegated-Approval-List-cumulative_Q4_2023-24.xlsx (live.com)
6. How many B&B/Foyers/Hotels have been funded?
The GLA housing and land team does not fund B&B/Hotels or Foyers.
7. What other innovative affordable housing schemes have been funded not meeting mayoral spatial standards?
There are no innovative affordable housing schemes that have been funded that do not meet the Mayor’s spatial standards.
8. How many permanent housing schemes, suitable for temporary use (below mayoral spatial standards) have been funded?
The GLA team does not hold information that identifies homes suitable for temporary uses that may be within permanent housing schemes taken forward within GLA programmes.
9. Have "mean-while" use schemes received mayoral funding?