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• Reference: 2024/1015
• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Would you support the creation of a revolving capital fund, similar to the existing GLA Land Fund, to help provide upfront funding to support cohousing schemes, as recommended in my new report, ‘Where We Belong: London's Cohousing Opportunity’?

• Reference: 2024/1016
• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

How many homes under the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme, funded by £4bn from the Government, do you expect to have started by the end of March 2024?

• Reference: 2024/1018
• Question by: Lord Bailey of Paddington
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Having only started 70 of the 630 homes in the London Refugee Housing Programme, funded by £126m from the Government, do you expect to meet the end of March 2024 deadline?

• Reference: 2024/1034
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Do you support the recently launched manifesto of the Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO), including their recommendation for an Integrated Retirement Community (IRC) in every borough, in order to provide more housing choice for senior residents and encourage downsizing?

• Reference: 2024/1035
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Do you share the significant concerns raised by the Housing Ombudsman in its recent special investigation report into Hammersmith and Fulham Council, which issued 85 findings in 33 cases with a maladministration rate of 88%? Do you have any concerns regarding the ability of Hammersmith and Fulham to manage any new council homes funded with GLA money?

• Reference: 2024/1037
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

London Higher recommend that, “There should be more affordable student accommodation and travel by including accommodation in the strategic planning for London, alongside plans to build more homes. Increasing supply of both students’ accommodation and housing will help to rebalance the housing market in London and ensure London remains an attractive place for students to study, work and live”. Will you listen to London Higher’s recommendation and enable affordable student accommodation in London?

• Reference: 2024/1039
• Question by: Tony Devenish
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Do you support the British Property Federation manifesto, 'Building our Future', including its recommendations to build more homes, promote senior living, and ensure world class facilities to promote high growth sectors?

• Reference: 2024/0914
• Question by: Hina Bokhari
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

You recently stated that if the £1.1bn of property identified by Transparency International in 2022 as being bought by Russians accused of corruption or with links to the Kremlin could be sold, this would provide sufficient funding for over 4,000 low-cost homes. Should this happen and the assets were to be seized, wouldn’t a better use of the funds be to direct them straight to the Ukrainian war effort or towards the rebuilding of Ukraine?

• Reference: 2024/1009
• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Do you recognise the specific challenges often faced by cohousing schemes with the standard affordable housing tenures, and would you commit to working with the Government to identify a bespoke affordable housing tenure that would be suitable for cohousing schemes and could attract grant, as recommended in my new report, ‘Where We Belong: London's Cohousing Opportunity’?

• Reference: 2024/1010
• Question by: Nick Rogers
• Meeting date: 15 March 2024

Would you commit to reviewing the GLA Group land portfolio to identify any potential sites that would be suitable for a cohousing scheme, as recommended in my new report, ‘Where We Belong: London's Cohousing Opportunity’?