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• Reference: 2019/20410
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

What will the impact of the Government’s decision to increase the interest rate for the Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) by one percentage point be on the ability of councils in London to build the social homes we need?

• Reference: 2019/20411
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

Could you provide an update on progress towards the 1,000 new community-led homes that are to be built by 2021?

• Reference: 2019/20412
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

How much of the £38 million for community-led housing that was announced in January 2019 has been awarded? Could you provide a breakdown of the organisations and/or locations of where this funding has been awarded, and the expected number of homes to be delivered?

• Reference: 2019/20413
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 14 November 2019

What would your response be to the findings of a recent report by Transparency International UK, studying corruption and money-laundering cases that involved 421 properties worth a total of £5 billion, a large proportion of which are in London? When seen in conjunction with the Government dropping its previously proposed “Registration of Overseas Entities Bill”, which would have established a beneficial ownership register of overseas entities that own property in the UK, do you think the Government is doing enough to ensure that the London property market is clean, fair and transparent?

• Reference: 2019/19847
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Last year you introduced your Good Practice Guide to Estate Regeneration, but do you think it is right for social housing to be demolished before plans for its replacement are approved?

• Reference: 2019/19848
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

30% of households assessed by local authorities as being homeless or at risk of becoming homeless are in full or part-time employment, rising above 40% in some London boroughs including Newham, Merton, Lewisham and Enfield. What can you do to help these households in London?

• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Tom Copley AM: I just was wondering, Mr Mayor, if you thought perhaps in terms of housing, and particularly in terms of affordable housing, it might be better if the Conservative Group were to be lobbying their Government to actually fund affordable housing in London properly.

• Reference: 2019/19849
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Please provide figures from all housing association landlords in London showing how many social rented homes have been re-let, once empty, not at social rents, but as some kind of sub-market, affordable tenure in each of the last five years? If such figures are not currently available, please could you request them from all housing associations?

• Reference: 2019/19850
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Following your response to question 2019/17582, are you able to say what proportion of wheelchair accessible buildings have fully accessible roll-in wet room showers?

• Reference: 2019/19851
• Question by: Tom Copley
• Meeting date: 17 October 2019

Will you ensure that the package of private rental reforms for London also include much greater security of tenure and stability for London’s houseboat communities, who currently enjoy even fewer statutory protections that typical private tenants?