A Bill to make provision about housing, including provision about the abolition of the right to buy, social housing, the law affecting private housing, the regulation of letting agents and the licensing of sites for mobile homes.
Current Status of the Bill
Royal Assent on 1 August 2014.
This Government Bill was introduced by Nicola Sturgeon MSP on 21 November 2013.
Research Briefings on Bill
The Stage 1 Debate took place on 24 April 2014.
Official Report 24 April 2014 (814KB pdf)
Minute of Proceedings of the Parliament of 24 April (421KB pdf)
Lead Committee: Infrastructure and Capital Investment
The Committee published their Stage 1 Report on 3 April 2014.
18 December 2013
15 January 2014 (evidence)
22 January 2014 (evidence)
29 January 2014 (evidence)
5 February 2014 (evidence)
19 February 2014 (evidence)
24 February 2014 (evidence, external meeting held in Dumbarton)
2 April 2014
Dates of consideration by Committees:
4 December 2013 (Local Government and Regeneration)
11 December 2013 (Finance Committee)
25 February 2014 (Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee)
1 April 2014 (Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee)
The Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee considered the Bill at Stage 2.
Stage 2 (Day 1), 14 May 2014
Stage 2 (Day 2), 21 May 2014
Stage 2 (Day 3), 28 May 2014
The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee published its report on the Bill as Amended at Stage 2 on 17 June 2014:
The Stage 3 debate took place on 25 June 2014.
Bill As Passed (1.59MB pdf posted 26 June 2014)
Passage of the Bill:
Received Royal Assent on 1 August 2014.
Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 asp 14
The following volume contains all of the material relevant to the passage of the Bill: