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  • Shared Ownership (1)

    • Reference: 2018/5279
    • Question by: Tom Copley
    • Meeting date: 20 December 2018
    Could you make an estimate for the average household income of purchasers of shared ownership properties in Inner and Outer London?

  • Shared Ownership (2)

    • Reference: 2018/5280
    • Question by: Tom Copley
    • Meeting date: 20 December 2018
    Your Affordable Housing and Viability Supplementary Planning Guidance says that “Generally shared ownership is not appropriate where unrestricted market values of a home exceed £600,000”, yet a quick search online finds many shared ownership properties exceeding this, and indeed some that cost more than £1 million. What steps are you taking to better enforce this planning guidance and ensure that shared ownership homes are only provided when they are within the reach of ordinary Londoners?

  • Help-to-Buy

    • Reference: 2018/5281
    • Question by: Tom Copley
    • Meeting date: 20 December 2018
    The latest statistics from Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government show that Q2 2018 saw a record number of Help-to-Buy sales in London (1493), and that to date the Government has guaranteed equity stakes worth £1.77 billion in London. The average household income for these purchasers is now nearly £70,000. What impact has this policy had on price of new build homes in London?

  • Temporary Accommodation

    • Reference: 2018/5282
    • Question by: Tom Copley
    • Meeting date: 20 December 2018
    Do you know how many children in London are at risk of sleeping in temporary accommodation over Christmas?

  • Buy-to-let mortgage terms

    • Reference: 2018/5283
    • Question by: Tom Copley
    • Meeting date: 20 December 2018
    What is your assessment of the terms of conditions of some banks’ Buy-to-Let mortgages that don’t allow properties to be let to households in receipt of benefits and how does this impact your aspiration to tackle the housing crisis?

  • London Land Commission (1)

    • Reference: 2018/5284
    • Question by: Tom Copley
    • Meeting date: 20 December 2018
    What plans do you have for a successor to the London Land Commission?

  • London Land Commission (2)

    • Reference: 2018/5285
    • Question by: Tom Copley
    • Meeting date: 20 December 2018
    Your response to MQ 2017/3765 said that work was being undertaken to improve the quality of the existing London Land Commission Register, by turning points into site boundaries and using other data sources to improve accuracy, can you confirm that this is still to be completed?

  • Earls Court, the West Kensington and Gibbs Green estates

    • Reference: 2018/5286
    • Question by: Tom Copley
    • Meeting date: 20 December 2018
    I welcome you making clear your view that, ahead of alternative plans being progressed and determined at Earls Court, the West Kensington and Gibbs Green estates should be handed back entirely to the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham. Do you believe this message has been taken on board by everyone interested in the project?

  • London Model

    • Reference: 2018/5287
    • Question by: Tom Copley
    • Meeting date: 20 December 2018
    I look forward to seeing the detail of the 'London Model', and I am pleased its proposed reforms to tenancies will include scrapping Section 21 and introducing a right for tenants to open-ended tenancies. Alongside this, do you believe London needs a system of rent control or stabilisation?

  • Mayor’s action to tackle homelessness

    • Reference: 2018/5278
    • Question by: Tom Copley
    • Meeting date: 20 December 2018
    What action are you taking to reduce the number of people who will be sleeping rough on London’s streets this Christmas?