Summary
Due to the extremity of the housing crisis and the extent of homelessness in London, boroughs have increasingly considered joint ways of working to ensure the best outcome for residents and increased efficiencies for boroughs. This report details two such projects – Capital Letters (joint procurement of housing for homeless people supported by MHCLG grant funding) and the PLACE modular housing project (providing modular housing on meanwhile sites for use as housing for homeless people).
Recommendations
Leaders’ Committee is asked to:
• note the proposed data sharing arrangement, giving all London boroughs increased visibility of available data and offer any guidance on whether this should be reported directly to Leaders’ Committee or made available through other means.
• note the imminent launch of PLACE and to bear the project in mind when considering use of meanwhile sites.
• note the contents of the rest of the report
