Purpose

Cabinet is
recommended to:
 

(1)  
note and consider the final report of the
Commission, including the final recommendations; and
(2)  
approve the proposed formulation of the
Council’s response to the report, including a delivery
plan
 

Content

Cabinet:

(1)           
noted and consider the final report of the Waltham Forest
Affordable Housing Commission, including the final recommendations,
as set out in  appendix 1 of the report;
and

(2)           
approved the proposed formulation of the Council’s response
to the report, including the development of an action plan, which
will come back to Cabinet in the Autumn.
 

OPTIONS & ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED

The Council could decide to continue the same path in terms of
housing growth and not action the recommendations of the
Commission. This is not recommended. The evidence made the extent
of the challenge clear, as well as the need for innovative action
to tackle the effects of the housing crisis in Waltham Forest.