The GLA allocates is own share of the grant for London. And announced today, six northern mayors will also £7bn between them to allocate. (Greater Manchester, West Midlands, North East, West Yorkshire, Liverpool City Region and South Yorkshire)

The key recommendations on Land Value Capture were:
1 ) New template clauses for S106 agreements
2) Reinstate funded Level 7 planning apprenticeships for students over 21
3) Dispute resolution for deadlocked negotiations between LAs and developers
4) Publish updated land value estimates data

The Housing Forum helped with some of the background research for this programme, and it was great to see several of our members feature in it, including Vistry's factory making new homes.

If private rents are not accessible to people on low incomes:
- people become homeless and go to the council for help, instead of finding a new private rental
- councils cannot rehouse into the PRS
- social tenants rarely move out - causing the decline in relets seen in recent years.

We've submitted evidence from across our membership of the problems that the delays at the Building Safety Regulator are causing. More details: housingforum.org.uk/the-housing-...

We analysed data which showed that rents have fallen in real terms over the last 10 years. Average rents in 2014 were £92.30/wk. If they had kept up with inflation, they'd be £123.73, or if they’d kept up with earnings, they’d be £129.70. Instead they’re £109.44. housingforum.org.uk/reports/key-...

This would reduce the risk of stock deterioration, improve the quality and supply of much-needed affordable homes and improve the financial stability of the sector.

We support rent convergence at rates of at least £2 per week. Many of our members would prefer to see a £3 cap, which would be on a par with the £2 cap that was used under the previous period of rent convergence, from 2012, adjusted for inflation.