Meeting description: To discuss housing and associated policy areas. Specifically we discussed our well publicised positions on Rural uplift for landlords (energy efficiency measure available to owner occupiers but not landlords/tenants) Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 Rent Control and data requirement rural housing delivery and Short Term Let Licensing. Our specific asks of the Member in the areas discussed were: To request that landlords are given an equivalent uplift for energy efficiency measures that owner-occupiers receive (after all the rationale is the same). For the Member to raise through his role on the Local Government Housing and Planning Committee that the Tribunal will need better resourcing if Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 is extended. To seek a guarantee from the Scottish Government that if they persevere with the introduction of rent controls we feel they must first establish comprehensive data collection system. To press the Scottish Government to be more creative in helping the rural housing crisis and use the option of Permitted Development Rights to speed things up in rural areas.
Topic label: Housing