RESOLVED:

(a) That Cabinet approved the decision to become a member of Capital Letters (London) Ltd.

(b) That Cabinet noted that the main reason for joining Capital Letters is to increase housing supply for vulnerable homeless households, given the acute

shortage of social housing nominations.

The Cabinet Member for Housing, Regeneration and the Climate Emergency presented the report which recommended joining the pan-London Capital Letters to help collaboratively procure properties for homeless and at-risk households, noting that Merton currently had 197 persons in temporary accommodation.

It was RESOLVED:

(a) That Cabinet approved the decision to become a member of Capital Letters (London) Ltd.

(b) That Cabinet noted that the main reason for joining Capital Letters is to increase housing supply for vulnerable homeless households, given the acute

shortage of social housing nominations.