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  • Affordable Homes for Rent

    • Reference: 2010/0105-1
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 20 October 2010
    What barriers prevent a greater proportion of affordable homes being delivered for rent, given the planned changes to housing benefit?

  • Strategic Leadership

    • Reference: 2010/0106-1
    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 20 October 2010
    Is there adequate strategic leadership of housing policy and its implementation in London?

  • Housing Devolution

    • Reference: 2010/0107-1
    • Question by: Mike Tuffrey
    • Meeting date: 20 October 2010
    What are the risks and opportunities of the proposal for a new Housing and Regeneration department within the GLA?

  • Families in Housing Need

    • Reference: 2010/0108-1
    • Question by: Steve O'Connell
    • Meeting date: 20 October 2010
    How have the prospects for families in housing need improved since the current Mayoralty began?

  • Strategic Leadership (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Andrew Boff
    • Meeting date: 20 October 2010
    Could you, Mr Blakeway, promise me not to carry anything over from the last administration with regard to housing? Could you promise three things really: first of all, could you promise not to disappoint Londoners with oversold targets that are unachievable? Could you promise me not to raise the aspirations of Londoners and then dash those hopes and blame someone else? Could you also promise not to build a home for somebody in housing need but actually deliver a rabbit hutch? So in short, can you assure me that the strategies will be realistic, achievable and honest, which would be...

  • Strategic Leadership (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Steve O'Connell
    • Meeting date: 20 October 2010
    Richard, a question for you. Would you not agree, following on from that debate you just had, that inflexible percentage targets are indeed a tired and lazy analysis of the needs of our residents?

  • Housing Devolution (Supplementary) [1]

    • Question by: Murad Qureshi
    • Meeting date: 20 October 2010
    Last week it was announced that the Office for Tenants and Social Landlords, otherwise known as Tenant Services Authority (TSA), was to be devolved and no longer a public body. I am just wondering in the context of housing devolution in London where all these regulatory powers will be going.

  • Housing Devolution (Supplementary) [2]

    • Question by: Steve O'Connell
    • Meeting date: 20 October 2010
    On the subject that Mike was pursuing about structure and powers, what thoughts have you got around devolving or increasing the powers of the Assembly around scrutiny in the new world?

  • Housing Devolution (Supplementary) [3]

    • Question by: Nicky Gavron
    • Meeting date: 20 October 2010
    You talked about levers and about your optimism about new flexibility and new innovative ways of delivering housing in the future. I have seen somewhere that tax incremental financing (TIF) is at last being considered. Could you shed any light on this? What form of TIF would it be and how would you use it to help social housing?