Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)             to note the contents of this report and the intentions of the Housing (Scotland) Bill;

(ii)            to instruct the Chief Officer – Housing to provide a report or Service Update, as that Chief Officer deems appropriate, on the Bill as it progresses through Stage 2 of the parliamentary process; and  

(iii)          to instruct the Chief Officer – Housing to report to this Committee with a full Implementation Plan when the Bill has progressed through Stage 3 of the parliamentary process.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Housing, which raised awareness of the Housing (Scotland) Bill 2024 currently working through the parliamentary process and the potential implications of the new legislation for Aberdeen City Council.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(a)           note the contents of this report and the intentions of the Housing (Scotland) Bill;

(b)           instruct the Chief Officer – Housing to provide a report or Service Update, as that Chief Officer deems appropriate, on the Bill as it progresses through Stage 2 of the parliamentary process; and 

(c)           instruct the Chief Officer – Housing to report to this Committee with a full Implementation Plan when the Bill has progressed through Stage 3 of the parliamentary process.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.