Lewisham Council's Housing Select Committee is preparing for the upcoming Renters' Rights Act, with a briefing scheduled before its implementation on May 1, 2026. The committee discussed this and its future work programme during a meeting held on Thursday, March 5, 2026.
The primary goal of the briefing is to ensure the committee is fully appraised of the Act's provisions ahead of its enactment. This has been identified as a valuable addition to their work programme, as detailed in the Public reports pack 05th-Mar-2026 19.00 Housing Select Committee.
The committee's agenda also included discussions on updates from housing providers, as outlined in the 04. Update from Housing providers Cover Report. Specific questions for housing providers from Hyde and LQ were also addressed, available in documents 04a Hyde Questions for RP and 04b LQ Questions for RPs respectively. A presentation from LQ for the committee can be found here.
Further details on the committee's work programme, including completed items from previous years, are available in the Select Committee work programme 22 - 26. Appendices detailing completed work programmes for 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, and 2025-26 are also accessible.
Discussions also touched upon major works and stock condition, with relevant information likely contained within the Major Works and stock condition document.
The meeting also covered the Minutes of previous meeting, 02 Declarations of Interest, Housing Select Committee - Bampton Part 1, Exclusion of Press and Public, and Decisions 05th-Mar-2026 19.00 Housing Select Committee.
