Chamber and committees

That is what you get for going first.

There was a lot in there. Thank you. That was very helpful.

I thank the witnesses for joining us today. How do social landlords monitor complaints, specifically about dampness? Are any improvements needed, such as recording some of the issues that the witnesses on the first panel mentioned?

We have touched on the briefing note that you and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations developed. Is any follow-up work planned? The issue of follow-up surveys was raised earlier. Are you looking at taking that forward?

That answer brings me on nicely to my question. Good morning, and thank you for joining us.

The Scottish Housing Regulator and other organisations recently published a briefing on how the social housing sector can respond to problems of dampness and mould. We touched on that, just then. Is there anything else that might be useful, for landlords or tenants, to improve how landlords respond to complaints? Specifically, what else could be included in the tenants charter, which the committee recently approved? Shona Gorman mentioned new indicators. Is there is anything else that people want to raise on that? Debbie, I will bring you in first.

We are obviously talking about two different sectors, so does the Association of Landlords have any comments on repairing standards and how those can be enforced? Has there been any learning from what has been developed in the social rented sector?

That is great.

One case has progressed to the point where remedial work has taken place. In theory, that case is a pilot for the 105 other properties that are affected. It is important for householders to see a potential end to the problem. Is there anything in the completed project that has shown that it can be used as a Scottish example to demonstrate that work can be progressed so that all those properties can be surveyed and then delivered?

At UK level, £40 million has been committed to delivering that in England and Wales. I am not sure that the Barnett consequentials of that have necessarily come through to the individuals who would do that work in Scotland. Do we have enough professionals to do that work?

Thanks. I have a couple of other questions that I may come back to later.