Issue - meetings

This report advises Cabinet of the Council’s response to the Mayor’s draft London Housing Strategy.  Reporting deadlines and the deadline of 7 December for submission of responses mean that it has not been possible to present a report to Cabinet prior to this meeting. However given the importance of the London Housing Strategy in driving future housing policy in London and the need for the Council’s own strategies to demonstrate general conformity with it, it is important that Cabinet should be aware of the draft proposals and the issues identified in the response.

RESOLVED that:

11.1    The response be noted.

Councillor Harbi Farah, Cabinet Member for Housing and Welfare Reform, introduced the report advising Cabinet of the Council’s response to the Mayor’s draft London Housing Strategy. Councillor Farah explained that the reporting deadlines and the deadline of 7 December for submission of responses mean that it has not been possible to present a report to Cabinet prior to this meeting, but that the draft response has been considered internally and has taken on board discussion at those meetings.

Given the importance of the London Housing Strategy in driving future housing policy in London and the need for the Council’s own strategies to demonstrate general conformity with it, it is important that Cabinet should be aware of the draft proposals and the issues identified in the response. The final strategy will be published in spring 2018.

RESOLVED that:

11.1    The response be noted.