Purpose

To approve the inclusion of two
capital schemes, with external grant funding into the
Council’s housing capital programme.

External funding has been made available via the GLA for its
Council Housing Acquisition Programme (CHAP), and MHCLG for its
Local Authority Housing Fund Round 3 programme

Content

The Mayor noted and agreed the reasons for urgency
as set out in the report.
 
DECISION
 

1.   
Apply £40M GLA and £8.3 MHCLG grant funding, and
the associated Council match funding into the Council’s
capital programme.

 

2.   
Request a report on progress of the acquisition programme to
the next Cabinet meeting.
 

3.   
Notes the March 2026 deadline, and asks officers
to work to a deadline of 31 December 2024 for completion of the
acquisition programme.
 
Action by
CORPORATE DIRECTOR HOUSING AND
REGENERATION (P. PATTERSON)
Director of Housing Strategy, Policy and
Regulatory Assurance (K. Swift)