Jimmy Black and Kieran Findlay conclude their series on the Scottish Government’s new Housing Bill with an interview with the minister responsible for bringing the legislation through Parliament, housing minister Paul McLennan.

The wide-ranging discussion centred on measures in the proposed legislation such as rent controls, homelessness and domestic abuse.

Mr McLennan also shared details of the first meeting of the Housing Investment Taskforce, which he described as one of many avenues the Scottish Government is looking to boost housebuilding.

The minister also said he intends to share details on an action plan to tackle Scotland's housing emergency over the next few days after a Housing to 2040 strategy group meeting took place last week.

A transcript of this episode is available here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/housing-bill-part-4-paul-mclennan-podcast-transcript

Jimmy Black has written a blog to accompany this episode here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/blacks-blog-half-an-hour-with-the-housing-minister

Catch up with the rest of the Housing Bill series here:

• Podcast: Housing Bill part 1: Rent controls and tenants’ rights with Dr John Boyle: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/podcast-housing-bill-part-1-rent-controls-and-tenants-rights-with-dr-john-boyle


• Podcast: Housing Bill part 2: Homelessness prevention duties with Ewan Aitken: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/podcast-housing-bill-part-2-homelessness-prevention-duties-with-ewan-aitken


• Podcast: Housing Bill part 3: Domestic abuse with Michelle Meldrum, Eileen McMullan and Sophie Berry: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/podcast-the-housing-bill-part-3-domestic-abuse-with-michelle-meldrum-eileen-mcmullan-and-sophie-berry

For more information on SHN’s Housing & Social Care Accessibility Summit in partnership with Horizon Housing, click here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/horizon-announces-summit-to-develop-solutions-for-accessible-housing-and-social-care-crisis

Kieran Findlay is the editor of Scottish Housing News. Jimmy Black is a former Dundee housing convener and housing justice campaigner.

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