Since then the Committee has followed this issue closely, first holding a roundtable session in October that year and then taking evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice.iLocal Government, Housing and Planning, Official Report, 3 October 2023 It held further evidence sessions in 2024 and 2025, including oral evidence from stakeholders (March 2025)iiLocal Government, Housing and Planning Committee, Official Report, 25 March 2025 and from the then Minister for Housing (April 2025).iiLocal Government, Housing and Planning Committee, Official Report, 22 April 2025
Scottish Housing Regulator statistics published in July 2025 indicate that RAAC is present in 2,205 socially rented homes, owned by 17 landlords.ivScottish Housing Regulator (2025) Regulator publishes update from Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) data collection While RAAC is not thought to have been widely used in privately owned homes, the Committee is aware of clusters of privately owned homes with RAAC elements in a number of areas - including Aberdeen, Clackmannanshire, and Dundee - mostly bought under the right to buy...