This is the list of documents available for the submission Motion by Bailie Seonad Hoy:- "Council recalls that it declared a housing emergency in November 2023 due to mounting pressures on homelessness services. More than two years on, that emergency continues to intensify. Council recognises that all options must be considered to provide long-term solutions which will alleviate these pressures and provide a dignified, person-centred process for homeless people, leading to positive outcomes tailored to each individual and family. Council notes that Glasgow currently has the highest rates of homelessness in Scotland and that the Scottish Housing Regulator has stated that there is a systemic failure in the delivery of our services to homeless people. 9339 people were living in temporary accommodation as of March 2026, including 3349 children. This included 2773 people in hotels and bed and breakfasts, of whom 454 were women. Council believes that the use of hotel and bed and breakfast accommodation for homeless people should only be on a very short-term basis until more suitable accommodation can be provided, but acknowledges that the system is currently failing with individuals and families trapped in inappropriate, insecure and unaffordable accommodation for far longer than they should be. Council commends our Empty Homes team and our registered social landlord partners across the city for their constant work to support the Scottish Government's acquisitions agenda through bringing empty and marketed homes back into use as social homes. Council acknowledges that this work is crucial to tackling the housing emergency, but cannot solve the crisis on its own. Council agrees that the 2003 stock transfer which ended council housing in Glasgow was a move of privatisation by stealth and has left the city in a much more vulnerable housing position. Council agrees that while it would not be possible for the stock transfer to be undone, initiating the process to reestablish council housing in the city is a positive move towards easing the housing crisis. Council acknowledges that the Scottish Government have provided over £100million annually to tackle this emergency, but that the council's Strategic Housing Investment Plan will not be able to provide the amount of homes required by our homelessness projections and that more directed funding will be required to increase housing supply. Council further acknowledges that while Mid-Market Rent accommodation theoretically eases housing lists, it does not alleviate the circumstances of those in the most need and that the focus on new development should be on social housing provision first and foremost. Council further acknowledges that its funding settlement in recent years has been inadequate to address the systemic poverty impacting our city and that the council itself would have provided further development and service provision had this settlement been adequate. Council agrees that the promise to replace the council tax is grossly overdue and a fairer and more redistributive system would have gone some way to alleviate the housing and homelessness emergency. Council is particularly concerned about the standard of maintenance and upkeep of private rented accommodation and acknowledges that while some landlords provide appropriate housing, there are far too many who would be considered slum landlords. Council believes that further legislation to regulate the standard of private rental accommodation should be introduced and that the landlord register legislation should be developed into a licensing regime to manage not just the landlord's appropriateness but their conduct and standard of provision. Council acknowledges the importance of Awaab's Law to addressing damp and mould in social and private rented housing stock, and welcomes its introduction into Scottish law via the Investigation and Commencement of Repair (Scotland) Regulations 2026, which will come into force on 6th October this year. Council urges landlords to act in the spirit of these regulations until their official implementation to ensure that conditions in homes are not detrimental to tenants' health and wellbeing. Council acknowledges with regret that previous government decisions have led to a significant increase in the cost of housing in the city which has reached grossly unaffordable levels, pushing working families and individuals into homelessness. Council welcomes the introduction of rent controls passed in the last parliament, but believes that a permanent rent freeze should be established until the level of rent charged in the private and mid-market rent sector sees inflation catch up with the affordability of housing. Council is particularly concerned about women and children who are forced to live in accommodation which does not meet their basic needs, with babies and toddlers living in very confined spaces without private facilities to prepare food for them. Council recognises that this situation is taking its toll on the mental and physical health of homeless people and cannot be accepted long term. Council commits to exploring solutions implemented in other nations which are more tailored to meet the needs of women and children, resulting in a more positive experience. Council will consider the feasibility of establishing more units for women and children which could operate in a similar manner to the Welcome Centre in Belfast's crisis accommodation for women. Council agrees that more work should be undertaken to understand the benefit of use of modular housing, as used in Rutherglen and Edinburgh to provide low cost and fast to build temporary accommodation, reducing reliance on inappropriate bed and breakfast accommodation. Council ultimately agrees to: 1. Bring a report to committee within 2 cycles to indicate the practical and legal frameworks for reinitiating council housing in Glasgow 2. Invite the new Scottish Government's new Cabinet Secretary with responsibility for housing to meet with all Councillors urgently to understand the homelessness situation in the city. 3. Carry out a feasibility study on the costs and benefits of introducing more temporary accommodation tailored to the needs of women and children 4. Undertake a feasibility study on the use of modular housing such as undertaken by South Lanarkshire Council and City of Edinburgh Council 5. Hold a summit with all relevant stakeholders on new methods to provide required services, this should include registered social landlords, both UK and Scottish Governments and all third sector organisations working in this area 6. Write to the Cabinet Secretary with responsibility for local government for an update on the replacement of council tax and when we will see appropriate funding models developed for local authorities.".

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