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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 19 Apr 2021
Planning: Net Zero Emissions Targets

"My Lords, it is obvious to me from my own experience as a councillor, and from speaking to planning experts and local planning inspectorates, that they just do not have good enough, strong enough guidance from the Government. I accept what the Minister says about the review but, quite honestly, …..."
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Written Question
Community Housing Fund
Wednesday 20th January 2021

Asked by: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green Party - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of potential new build homes that are dependent on the Community Housing Fund.

Answered by Lord Greenhalgh

Until the end of March 2020, when the funding period ended, the Community Housing Fund was delivered outside London by Homes England (and its predecessor, the Homes and Communities Agency). Data provided by Homes England in May indicated that it had received applications for funding from projects anticipating the delivery of a total of 10,780 homes, 4,347 of which from applications that have been approved. The overwhelming majority of the funding requested was in the form of revenue grant to cover pre-development costs. Organisations that are registered as providers of social housing may seek capital funding from the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme operated outside London by Homes England and, where appropriate, Homes England has been encouraging them to do so.

Within London, the Community Housing Fund is delivered by the Greater London Authority (GLA) with £36 million grant awarded to it by MHCLG. Data provided by the GLA in December indicates a current pipeline of up to 1,387 community-led homes for which funding applications may be made to the GLA.

Written Question
Community Housing Fund
Wednesday 20th January 2021

Asked by: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green Party - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for the future of the Community Housing Fund.

Answered by Lord Greenhalgh

The Community Housing Fund closed at the end of March 2020. Departmental budgets for 2021/22 have been confirmed at the recent Spending Review and my department is now undertaking a process of allocation of budgets to individual programmes. The needs of the community-led housing sector will be taken into consideration alongside the full range of the Department’s priorities. In the meantime, organisations that are registered as providers of social housing may seek capital funding from the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme operated outside London by Homes England.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 18 Jan 2021
Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) (No. 2) Bill

"My Lords, I welcome both these pieces of legislation. They seem an odd coupling, though, so I hope that the Minister will manage to separate out all the comments on the two. I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association.

First, I want to talk about …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 05 Jan 2021
Housing: Leasehold

"My Lords, can the Minister confirm two things: first, that reform of leasehold means moving towards commonhold, and secondly, that the reforms will exempt community land trusts, which use this system in a very productive way?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 Dec 2020
National Planning Policy Statements: Climate Change

"My Lords, this is such a wonderful, wide open Question that it is very difficult to know where to go for an answer, but let me try a very small point. The Government seem to be doing a slight U-turn on onshore wind farms, which have quite harsh rules at …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 27 Oct 2020
Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020

"My Lords, I have an unstable connection so I may not be with you for very long. However, I welcome the noble Lords, Lord Sikka and Lord Lancaster, whose maiden speeches were excellent. Their characters shone through, and I look forward to meeting them both. I also congratulate the noble …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 14 Jul 2020
Business and Planning Bill

"My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, has covered the issue in an extremely lyrical way, so I will keep my remarks short. We all know how hard the arts scene and theatres have been hit by this health crisis. Amendment 51 is a thoughtful contribution to easing some of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 14 Jul 2020
Business and Planning Bill

"My Lords, having listened to the speeches of other noble Lords, I am beginning to wish that I had signed more amendments in this group. The noble Lord, Lord Hain, for example, on land banking, and the noble Lord, Lord Randall, both made excellent points, and I wish I had …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 Jul 2020
Business and Planning Bill

"My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow my colleague the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering. I declare my interest as a vice-president of the LGA. This is an interesting section of amendments, because this is something we should be doing all the time. We should not have …..."
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