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• Reference: 2016/0971
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 16 March 2016

As the Housing and Planning Bill nears the final stages of the legislative process, what is your assessment of the impact of the Bill on London's social rented housing stock, particularly following the government's announcement that housing associations will be able to replace rented homes with other tenures such as shared ownership and starter homes as and when they are sold through the extension of the Right to Buy scheme?

• Reference: 2016/0972
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 16 March 2016

Do you regret not convincing government of the case for ensuring that the money raised from council housing sales in London is spent in London?

• Reference: 2016/0973
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 16 March 2016

Are you content that London homes bought at a 20 per cent discount and subsidised by the state should then be sold on at the open-market rate after five years? If not, will you lobby the government to ensure that starter homes remain discounted in perpetuity?

• Reference: 2016/0974
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 16 March 2016

Further to the Prime Minister's announcement that the government intends to redevelop 100 so-called "sink estates" across the country, what discussions have you had with central government about how many of these sites will be in London?

• Reference: 2016/0975
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 16 March 2016

How do you respond to the comments made by Sir Terry Farrell who has stated that Old Oak Common is in danger of turning into London's "worst [planning] cock-up in 50 years"? Will you look again at whether space could be made for the pilings that would be needed to support the construction of offices, homes, shops and restaurants over Crossrail lines?

• Reference: 2016/0976
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 16 March 2016

Do you see it as a badge of honour or a mark of shame that London is now the world's most expensive city in which to live and work according to a recent study published by Savills?

• Reference: 2016/0977
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 16 March 2016

What is your latest assessment of the number of London households that are currently in some form of housing need, and how does this compare to the backlog of housing need recorded in 2008?

• Reference: 2016/0978
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 16 March 2016

What total net addition have you made to London's social housing stock since you became Mayor in 2008 (i.e. taking account of demolitions and sales)?

• Reference: 2016/0979
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 16 March 2016

Four years after you pledged to end rough sleeping in London, how do you respond to figures published by the Department for Communities and Local Government which found that 940 people were sleeping rough on London's streets on a typical night in autumn 2015, compared to 742 the year before - an increase of 198 (27%)?

• Reference: 2016/0580
• Question by: Stephen Knight
• Meeting date: 22 February 2016

What confidence can Londoners have in the government's commitment to provide a two-for-one replacement of the council homes sold in London and used to fund the extension of the Right to Buy to housing association tenants, particularly given the existing poor record on replacing social housing stock using Right to Buy receipts?