The exempt/restricted appendix was noted.

DECISION

1.    To note the award of £11 million from the GLA Innovation Fund to deliver modular temporary accommodation through a pan-London collaboration between London boroughs.

2.    To note the award of £20,000 from the Capital Ambition programme (hosted by London Councils) as “seed-funding” for the further development of the pan-London temporary accommodation proposals.

3.    To approve the establishment of a Company Limited by Guarantee to procure and own modular temporary accommodation for the benefit of London boroughs who become members of the company, with LB Tower Hamlets as a founding member.

4.    Appoint the Interim Divisional Director of Housing & Regeneration as the Council’s initial Company Director.

5.    Delegate to the Corporate Director (Place) in consultation with the Corporate Director (Governance) and the Corporate Director (Resources) to approve the specific legal documentation for establishing the company.

6.    Note that further decisions will be required at a later date to pass on GLA grant funding from the Council to the new Company and, if relevant, for the Council to provide debt finance to the Company.

Action by:

ACTING CORPORATE DIRECTOR, PLACE (A. SUTCLIFFE)

(Interim Head of Strategy, Regeneration Sustainability and Housing Options (M. Baigent)

Councillor Sirajul Islam, Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Housing, introduced the report on a cross-London project to provide modular accommodation for homeless families. He welcomed the proposals as a positive scheme that would provide significant benefits.

The Mayor welcomed the report and welcomed that Tower Hamlets was playing a leading role in the project. He noted the exempt/restricted appendix and agreed the recommendations as set out subject to a minor amendment to take out the name of an officer and to just list the post instead.

RESOLVED

1.    To note the award of £11 million from the GLA Innovation Fund to deliver modular temporary accommodation through a pan-London collaboration between London boroughs.

2.    To note the award of £20,000 from the Capital Ambition programme (hosted by London Councils) as “seed-funding” for the further development of the pan-London temporary accommodation proposals.

3.    To approve the establishment of a Company Limited by Guarantee to procure and own modular temporary accommodation for the benefit of London boroughs who become members of the company, with LB Tower Hamlets as a founding member.

4.    Appoint the Interim Divisional Director of Housing & Regeneration as the Council’s initial Company Director.

5.    Delegate to the Corporate Director (Place) in consultation with the Corporate Director (Governance) and the Corporate Director (Resources) to approve the specific legal documentation for establishing the company.

6.    Note that further decisions will be required at a later date to pass on GLA grant funding from the Council to the new Company and, if relevant, for the Council to provide debt finance to the Company.