Submission Documents: By Bailie Christy Mearns:- "Council: recognises the ongoing concerns amongst residents affected by the increase in short-term lets across Glasgow; notes that the recent recommendations of the Scottish Expert Advisory Panel on the Collaborative Economy does not go nearly far enough but welcomes the acknowledgement by the latest Scottish Enterprise report on tourism that short-term lets should not operate "at the expense of local residents' quality of life"; believes that such recommendations on their own would be insufficient to address the issues which have emerged from the substantial increase in short-term letting across the city, particularly the loss of homes to commercial lets; therefore recognises the need for greater and clearer enabling powers for local authorities to regulate the number, concentration and management of short-term lets; therefore agrees that the City Convener for Neighbourhoods, Housing & Public Realm should make representation to Scottish Ministers to press the case for Scottish Government legislation to provide these enabling powers and to ensure that short-term lets do not undermine peoples' basic right to affordable housing." Help Icon

This is the list of documents available for the submission By Bailie Christy Mearns:- "Council: recognises the ongoing concerns amongst residents affected by the increase in short-term lets across Glasgow; notes that the recent recommendations of the Scottish Expert Advisory Panel on the Collaborative Economy does not go nearly far enough but welcomes the acknowledgement by the latest Scottish Enterprise report on tourism that short-term lets should not operate "at the expense of local residents' quality of life"; believes that such recommendations on their own would be insufficient to address the issues which have emerged from the substantial increase in short-term letting across the city, particularly the loss of homes to commercial lets; therefore recognises the need for greater and clearer enabling powers for local authorities to regulate the number, concentration and management of short-term lets; therefore agrees that the City Convener for Neighbourhoods, Housing & Public Realm should make representation to Scottish Ministers to press the case for Scottish Government legislation to provide these enabling powers and to ensure that short-term lets do not undermine peoples' basic right to affordable housing.".

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Item Minute - 22 February 2018 Minute Public Open Document in PDF Format
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