SCOTTISH HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION LOCAL AUTHORITY SUBGROUP ON PREPARATION OF GUIDANCE

Scottish local authorities organise and run regular meetings for officials involved in HMO licensing, this group is called the Scottish Houses in Multiple Occupation Network Group (SHMONG). This group set up and chaired a subgroup to review physical standards in HMOs. SHMONG agreed that this group would also with work the Scottish Government on preparing updated HMO guidance for the new regime under Part 5 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006.

The following local authorities were represented on the subgroup, Aberdeen City Council, City of Edinburgh Council, Dundee City Council, Falkirk Council, Fife Council, Glasgow City Council, Midlothian Council and North Lanarkshire.

The following officers attended meetings;

Aberdeen City Council

Ally Thain

City of Edinburgh Council

Colin Dick

Jim Donnelly

Joan Farwell 

Jennifer Jones

Alistair Somerville

Caitlin Tilbury 

Dundee City Council

Gabrielle Hayes

Colin McCrae

Falkirk Council

Isabel Renton

Fife Council

Beverley Green

Stewart Winton

John McArthur

Glasgow City Council,

David Anderson

Fraser Innes

Mairi McCallum

Mairi Millar

Helen Welsh

Midlothian Council

Lilianne Lauder

North Lanarkshire

Irene Morrison

Scottish Government

Peter Reid

Stephen White