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Decision details

Final Report of the Housing Supply Task Group

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Final Report and recommendations resulting from the task group review of Housing Supply in Merton (with a focus on the provision of affordable housing)

Decision:

RESOLVED

 

That Cabinet

 

1)    endorses the report arising from the scrutiny review of housing supply;

 

2)    notes the Government’s recent proposed changes to affordable housing rules and financing and that these may impact on the recommendations in the report;

 

3)    agrees to fully investigate the government’s recent changes and submit an executive response and action plan to the Sustainable Communities scrutiny panel at their meeting in January 2016, outlining the impact of these changes and their responses to the report and decisions taken regarding the recommendations made, including actions to implement the agreed recommendations.

 

Report author: Annette Wiles

Publication date: 21/10/2015

Date of decision: 19/10/2015

Decided at meeting: 19/10/2015 - Cabinet

Effective from: 27/10/2015

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