Minutes: 12 November 2024

1. Decision on taking business in private:

The Committee agreed to take items 4, 5 and 6 in private.

2. Housing Inquiry:

The Committee took evidence from—

Professor Duncan Maclennan, Emeritus Professor, Urban Economics, Glasgow University and Adjunct Professor of Housing Economics, CHEC, McMaster University, Ontario;

and then from—

Sharon Egan, Head of Housing Services, South Lanarkshire Council, Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO);

Eilidh Keay, Member, Living Rent;

Carolyn Lochhead, Director of External Affairs, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA);

Gordon MacRae, Assistant Director (Communications & Advocacy), Shelter Scotland;

Callum Chomczuk, National Director, Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland;

Jennifer Kennedy, Director of Public Affairs, Homes for Scotland.

3. Subordinate legislation:

The Committee considered the following negative instruments—

Property Factors (Registration) (Scotland) Regulations 2024

Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (Rural Housing Bodies) Amendment Order 2024

4. Housing Inquiry (in private):

The Committee agreed to defer the consideration of the evidence heard earlier in the meeting and during last week's session to its next meeting.

5. National Performance Framework: Inquiry into proposed National Outcomes (in private):

The Committee agreed a letter to the Scottish Government.

6. Tracker Report 2023-24 (in private):

The Committee agreed its report.

7. Housing (Scotland) Bill (in private):

The Committee agreed its Stage 1 report.