Housing Investment Taskforce report

Ministerial Foreword

When I convened the Housing Investment Taskforce a year ago, I shared with members my ambition of making Scotland the best place for housing investment. I am pleased that ambition was shared by Taskforce members.

The Taskforce has worked diligently and effectively together to identify a range of actions which will make a positive impact on investment across the housing system. Importantly, members focused on supporting more investment across all tenures.

In establishing the Taskforce, I brought together a group of people offering expertise from the front line of investing, building and delivering homes. Their direct experience – and practical and collaborative approach to charting solutions – has been critical in the development of this work over the past year, leading to the publication of their report. I am grateful to Taskforce members for generously dedicating their time to this work for the benefit of people, housing and investment across Scotland.

We are making progress to improve the conditions for investment at scale and will continue efforts to create a favourable environment. That will include the Government's response to this report from the Taskforce, working in partnership with members, professionals and organisations across Scotland to meet Scotland’s growth potential.

Paul McLennan MSP

Minister for Housing