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The Committee
resolved:-

(i)            
to note the progress made by the Housing Board from June 2024 to
November 2025;

(ii)           
to approve the refreshed Housing Emergency Action Plan available in
Appendix A;

(iii)         
to note the Aberdeen Cyrenians Summary
Response to the Aberdeen City Housing Emergency Action Plan
available in Appendix B;  

(iv)         
to note the Homelessness Benchmarking Summary Report available in
Appendix C;

(v)          
to note the cross-party agreement to declare a
housing emergency in 2024, acknowledging the decades of
underinvestment in Council stock;

(vi)         
to note that the refresh of the Housing Emergency
Action Plan was presented to the cross-party working group for
endorsement on the 6th October 2025;

(vii)        
to note the work being undertaken to reduce voids in
the city, with360 fewer lettable voids in October 2025 compared to
the last year and  work to improve relet timings which
has already resulted in a positive decrease on our overall relet
times, reducing from the 266 days in June 2025 to 247 days as at
31st October 2025 ;

(viii)      
to acknowledge the work being undertaken by Council
officers to simplify and reduce the void path, to ensure timely
return of properties into use;

(ix)         
to note that the Council in 2024/2025 relet 2,536
properties, around 11% of our housing stock and equating to an
average of 211 properties per month;

(x)          
to note a significant reduction in live homelessness
cases, with the city now ranking sixth lowest per 10,000
households, outperforming other major urban areas;

(xi)         
to agree that the ambition outlined in this plan to
reduce void numbers to pre-pandemic levels and halve the timescales
for voids to be turned aroundwill help address the local housing
emergency;

(xii)        
to note that around 40% of the circa £50m
Repairs and Maintenance budget is spent on voids, with the
remaining 60% used for cyclical maintenance and work to ensure
Council properties meet current national standards; and

(xiii)      
to thank Aberdeen Cyrenians for their review of the Housing Emergency
Action Plan and for the recommendations which have been embedded
within the Plan.