When the Committee sought stakeholders' views at evidence sessions in 2025, it heard that there are social housing tenants who have been decanted to unsuitable alternative accommodation, owners of homes with RAAC having to make mortgage payments on properties they cannot access and with little value, and variable levels of support provided by local authorities for home owners.iiLocal Government, Housing and Planning Committee, Official Report, 25 March 2025
The Cabinet Secretary for Housing has been emphatic that there will not be a Scottish Government fund for RAAC remediation.viLetter from Cabinet Secretary for Housing - December 2023 However, she has offered to work with local authorities to support them to use alternative funding models to support remediation.iiLocal Government, Housing and Planning Committee, Official Report, 7 October 2025, Col 12 She has also established the RAAC in Housing Leadership Group which includes UK...