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  • Rogue Landlords

    • Reference: 2016/4500
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 07 December 2016
    What are you doing to deal with rogue private sector landlords?
  • AirBnB

    • Reference: 2016/4501
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 07 December 2016
    What progress is being made with AirBnB to ensure that properties are not let through them for longer than planning requirements permit?
  • Estate Agent Fees

    • Reference: 2016/4502
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 07 December 2016
    What steps are you taking to deal with estate agents' fees charged to tenants seeking a private sector rental?
  • Housing repairs

    • Reference: 2016/4503
    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 07 December 2016
    What steps are you taking to ensure that Barratts and Family Mosaic housing deal properly and promptly with repairs to lifts and heating and hot water systems amongst other issues and only raise fair service charges for residents in the Stonegrove regeneration, Barnet, partly funded by the GLA ?
  • Mayor's manifesto commitments (Supplementary) [4]

    • Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
    • Meeting date: 07 December 2016
    Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM: I would like to question you about a specific part of the Mayor’s manifesto that stated that the Mayor would “make sure Londoners get a fair deal from developers”. Profits of large building firms have exploded by more than 500% in the last six years and many local authorities simply have not been able to negotiate enough affordable housing with developers over recent years. One of the issues is the expertise and this whole industry around viability assessments when experts work for the boroughs one day and then for developers the next. Can you explain how...
  • Mayor's manifesto commitments (Supplementary) [9]

    • Question by: Andrew Dismore
    • Meeting date: 07 December 2016
    Andrew Dismore AM: I wanted to come to the issue of land banking. The previous Mayor stated: “To constrict supply to push up prices by land banking is plainly against the economic interests of this city.” Sadiq [Khan, Mayor of London] said in the manifesto: “Exercise use-it-or-lose-it powers to make sure developers who have planning permission build homes and do not land bank.” There seems to be a degree of consensus about the issue. How do you think the DCLG could support the GLA in tackling land banking? For example, one option would be to allow planning authorities to, if...