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

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)