Minutes: 11 June 2024

1. Housing (Scotland) Bill:

The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

Professor Ken Gibb, Director, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, University of Glasgow;

Joshua Davies, Programme Manager, Nationwide Foundation;

Anna Evans, Director, The Indigo Housing Group;

Deborah Hay, Senior Policy Adviser, Joseph Rowntree Foundation;

Professor Alex Marsh, Professor of Public Policy, University of Bristol;

and then from—

Dan Wilson Craw, Deputy Chief Executive, Generation Rent;

Aoife Deery, Senior Social Justice Policy Officer, Citizens Advice Scotland;

Ellie Gomersall, President, National Union of Students Scotland;

Emma Saunders, National Organiser, Living Rent;

Eilidh Keay, Tenant of a rented property;

Lyndsay Clelland, Policy Officer, Age Scotland. 

Mark Griffin MSP declared an interest as having previously owned a private rental property.

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

The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.