Following the submission of a report and series of recommendations to ministers, a smaller, more informal, working group, consisting of Scottish Homes, local authority, CoSLA and Scottish Executive representatives, met in order to produce guidance on the preparation of local housing strategies and to oversee the local housing strategies pilot process. This group will continue to meet throughout 2001 and into 2002.In addition to Executive officials, membership of the SHPG comprised:NameOrganisationTony O'SullivanScottish HomesAlistair DeeScottish HomesAlan FergusonChartered Institute of HousingDave AlexanderScottish Federation of Housing AssociationsKenny SimpsonCoSLAJim HaytonSouth Lanarkshire CouncilKeith AndersonCity of Edinburgh CouncilJill StewartHighland CouncilScottish Homes Steering GroupTo address the issues arising from the provision within the Act for the transfer of Scottish Homes' functions, staff and property to the Scottish ministers, a steering group was formed.