 Empty homes are a blight upon communities across Scotland and represent a wasted resource at a time when housing supply is limited. But clearly there's no one size fits all solution to this problem. And that's why the committee call in the Scottish government to fulfil its commitment to introduce compulsory sales orders. We also implore every council to employ an empty homes officer as we saw first hand the positive impact that they can have in bringing back empty homes into use. It's also not acceptable that Council tax lefi is being used by some councils as a revenue-raising tool. That exacerbates the empty homes problem rather than solving it. And finally, it's absolutely essential that we tackle empty homes as a part of a wider strategy to regenerate town centres and proofhousing supplies and support vibrant communities.