Minute of Meeting of Housing and Social Wellbeing Committee of 26 November 2025 for Approval
Perth and Kinross Council · 21 January 2026
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HOUSING AND SOCIAL WELLBEING COMMITTEE Minute of hybrid meeting of the Housing and Social Wellbeing Committee held in the Council Chambers, 2 High Street, Perth, on 26 November 2025 at 9.30am. Present: Bailies C McLaren and M Williamson (up to and including Item 6), Councillors P Barrett, D Cuthbert (substituting for Bailie R Brock), J Duff (substituting for Bailie C Ahern), A Forbes, I MacPherson, C Mair, S McCole, T McEwan, F Smith, C Stewart and J Welch. In Attendance: E Ritchie, Strategic Lead – Housing and Communities; A Singh Strategic Lead – Children, Families and Justice; J Middlemiss, K Steven, K Campbell, M Smith, D McPhee, S Hendry, J Guild, A Brown and M Pasternak (all Legal and Governance). Also in Attendance: Detective Inspector K Mollison (up to and including Item 6) and Chief Inspector, Area Commander J Allen (both Police Scotland). Apologies: Bailies C Ahern and R Brock. Councillor T McEwan, Convener, Presiding. Councillor McEwan led on Items 1-4 and 7-8 with Councillor McCole leading on Items 5-6. 1. Welcome and Apologies Councillor T McEwan welcomed everyone to the meeting. Apologies were noted as above. 2. Declarations of Interest There were no Declaration of Interests in terms of the Councillors’ Code of Conduct. 3. Minute of Previous Meeting The minute of the meeting of the Housing and Social Wellbeing Committee of 1 October 2025 was submitted and approved as a correct record. 4. Outstanding Business Statement The Outstanding Business Statement was noted, and it was agreed to remove the completed actions. 5. Violence Against Women and Girls DI Kevin Mollison of Police Scotland provided a slide-based presentation and answered Members’ questions thereon.
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Resolved: The content of the presentation, be noted. 6. 16 Days of Activism – 2025 There was submitted a report by Strategic Lead – Children, Families and Justice (25/322) providing an update on the 2025 programme of events for the 16 Days of Activism in Perth and Kinross. In introducing the report, a slide-based presentation was delivered by J Middlemiss, Violence Against Women Co-Ordinator, and Members’ questions answered thereon. Resolved: The content of the report, be noted with commitment from Members to support and attend at the 16 Days of Activism events. (There followed a short recess, and the Committee reconvened at 11.00am) (Bailie M Williamson left the meeting at this point) 7. Missing Shares Service – Update on Progress and Next Steps There was submitted a report by Strategic Lead – Housing and Communities and Chief Financial Officer (25/323) (1) providing an update on the progress made through the Missing Shares Service and (2) seeking support to continue using the second homes budget to underwrite the value of predicted missing shares, and also (3) seeking support to increase the current maximum allocation per share and make the Missing Shares Officer post permanent. Resolved: (i) The ongoing use of the second homes budget to underwrite the expected future Missing Shares until the applications approved within the pilot period are concluded, be supported. (ii) An increase to the current maximum allocation per share, be supported. (iii) The proposal to make the Missing Shares officer post permanent, be supported. (iv) The continued success of the pilot, and the increasing service demand, be acknowledged. (v) The existing, effective financial mechanisms in place to secure missing share recovery, be recognised. 8. Council of Sanctuary – Year 1 Annual Update There was submitted a report by Strategic Lead – Housing and Communities (25/324) providing members with an update in relation to our work as a Council of Sanctuary. Resolved:
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(i) The content of the report, be noted and the continued work, as per Appendix 1, in relation to the Council’s commitment as a Council of Sanctuary, be approved. ~~~~~~~~~