📢 Join us online for 'The social value of social homes in England' on Tues 13 Oct 2.30pm-4pm BST as we bring together voices from HACT, Shelter, Pathway Housing Solutions and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation to explore how we talk about social homes. 👉 Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-social...

The social value of social homes in England

Explore how we talk about social homes and how we define and measure social value

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📝Prof @kengibb.bsky.social shares his reflections on last week's conference "Housing Matters: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?" housingevidence.ac.uk/reflections-...

Reflections from Housing Matters: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going? - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence

Last week, at the Grosvenor hotel in the city’s west end, CaCHE hosted a Housing research conference with 150 delegates over two days. We had more than 50 workshop papers […]

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📢 Colleagues in the @uofgeducation.bsky.social are bringing together researchers, practitioners and stakeholders to explore the growing challenges of student housing in Scotland, while also considering the wider developments and challenges across the UK.

📌This briefing paper by Dr Jocelyne Fleming (@ciob.bsky.social) considers what the first National Housing Strategy in Canada has taught us and how the existing evidence base can meaningfully inform the next phase of Canadian housing policy.

💡 Our evaluation of North Lanarkshire Council Net Zero homes installed with environmental sensors with colleagues at the @unistrathclyde.bsky.social is now published. 👉 Read here: housingevidence.ac.uk/project/nlc-...

NLC Sensor Performance Measurement of Housing Stock: Evaluation - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence

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💡 Dr Alice Earley, Prof @kengibb.bsky.social and Prof Alex Marsh shared this summary of their 2025 article "The Policy and Politics of Improving Standards in the Private Rented Sector" (Political Quarterly), with @hqnmedia.bsky.social Housing Quality Magazine.

📝 Prof @kengibb.bsky.social shares his response to the recent Scottish Council Tax High-Value Property Bands (Mansion Tax) consultation process which includes key messages to consider: housingevidence.ac.uk/reflections-...

Reflections on the Scottish Council Tax High-Value Property Bands (Mansion Tax) Consultation - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence

The following is a copy of the consultation response to the Scottish Council Tax High-Value Property Bands (Mansion Tax) consultation process. Views expressed are my own only (Professor Ken Gibb).  […...

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❗Ursula Aitchison discusses a research project undertaken in Spring 2025 in this blog, asking what actions social housing providers can take to prepare for the threat of future racist violence and social unrest. 👉Read here: housingevidence.ac.uk/how-can-hous...

How can housing associations respond to the risk of racist violence and disorder in their communities? - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence

Ursula Aitchison is a Policy, Strategy, and Research Specialist at Delta Housing. This article was originally published by Housing Diversity Network in June 2026. The riots that broke out in […]

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💡Prof @kengibb.bsky.social recently wrote a short piece on housing in @theconversation.com series on how the UK has changed in the last 25 years. 📌 Read 'Britain's quarter century: wealth and widening inequality' here: theconversation.com/britains-qua...

Britain’s quarter century: wealth and widening inequality

How finances and the economy have changed over 25 years.

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Some photos from the event, including @kengibb.bsky.social from @housingevidence.bsky.social, Annabel Turpie from The Scottish Government, and Nile Istephan from @eildonhousing.bsky.social

Great opportunity to catch up if you were unable to attend in person!

Shelter Scotland@shelterscotland.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Leaders across Scotland's housing sector came together yesterday to discuss what More Homes Scotland must deliver, and what success really looks like. Now we keep pushing. Because getting this right matters for everyone affected by Scotland’s #HousingEmergency. Catch up on the full session 👇

Leaders across Scotland's housing sector came together yesterday to discuss what More Homes Scotland must deliver, and what success really looks like. Now we keep pushing. Because getting this right matters for everyone affected by Scotland’s #HousingEmergency. Catch up on the full session 👇

More Homes Scotland - Event hosted by Shelter Scotland

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Prof @kengibb.bsky.social presented findings from our new report, More Homes Scotland and the Development of a New Housing Agency for Scotland, earlier today at a @shelterscotland.bsky.social event which brought together Scotland's housing sector to discuss the agency's role.

Pressure to act directly on rents continues to build. In this new blog from Alex Marsh and @kengibb.bsky.social discuss recent think tank reports which all make the case for action, although the actions they advocate differ in their extent and focus. Read here: housingevidence.ac.uk/rent-control...

Rent control redux? - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence

While legislation to regulate rent increases has been in place in Scotland for more than a decade, Westminster governments have proven remarkably resilient in their opposition to going ...

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📢 New research published - More Homes Scotland and the Development of a New Housing Agency for Scotland 👉 Further details: scotland.shelter.org.uk/media/press_...

New housing agency must help deliver social homes at the scale Scotland needs to tackle homelessness, Shelter Scotland warns - Shelter Scotland

New housing agency must help deliver social homes at the scale Scotland needs to tackle homelessness, Shelter Scotland warns

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💡 🏠This newly published policy briefing discusses Spain's housing policy turn and the challenge of multi-level governance. 👉 Read on our website: housingevidence.ac.uk/project/spai...

Spain's housing policy turn and the challenge of multi-level governance - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence

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📢 Newly published policy brief and research on Housing Associations and commonhold 💡 This policy brief accompanies our international evidence review on resident-led governance of multi-occupied buildings. 👉 Read the policy brief here: housingevidence.ac.uk/project/poli...

❗ New research published! This report, part of the EqualHouse project, undertakes an extended literature review of the academic and policy literature across four critical policy levers: financing, land use, personal allowances, and tax and regulations.

🏠 @housingeurope.bsky.social have published a comprehensive review of public housing policies across the EU member states and the UK. 👉 View all chapters online here: www.housingeurope.eu/social-and-p...

Social and Public Housing in the EU & UK - Housing Europe

Europe's social housing systems have grown over decades, shaped by different histories, political choices and welfare models. The result is a rich but often fragmented landscape that can be difficult ...

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📍 2026 marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the Scottish Landlord Register. This landlord survey from @housingopinion.bsky.social forms part of a wider project examining its impact. ✍ Complete the survey here: uofg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

⏰ Registrations close for our upcoming conference this September "Housing Matters: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?" this Friday, 15 June 2026, at 5pm BST.

📌 Get the latest news from CaCHE to your inbox twice a month by signing up to our Bulletin. We share our latest news, publications and events. Sign up here: housingevidence.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Are you a PhD candidate with a focus on housing? Apply now for our competitive PhD bursaries for our upcoming conference Housing Matters: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going? More information and how to apply here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

❗Closing soon! Our abstract submission deadline closes on Friday 5 June 2026 at 5pm.  📢 Housing scholars, policymakers and practitioners are invited to submit short abstracts of papers (max. 250 words) for our “Housing Matters: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?” conference this September.

📝Dr Andrew Robert Watson's (@housingopinion.bsky.social) new publication in People, Place and Policy explores how landlords move into, through and out of the private rented sector over time. 👉 Read here: housingevidence.ac.uk/project/entr...

Entry, Exposure and Exit: The private rented sector landlord conveyor - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence

Using the concept of a stylised industrial process, this graphic article explores how landlords move into, through and out of the PRS over time ...

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Aiming to learn lessons about the challenges across the governance and life of multi-occupancy buildings, this review of the international evidence base by Dr Jenny Preece and Dr Yu-Tung Wu views to inform policy in this area in England. housingevidence.ac.uk/project/gove...

Governing multi-occupancy buildings: learning from the international evidence base - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence

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📝 Prof @kengibb.bsky.social and Dr @craiggurney.bsky.social reflect on the recent @housing-studies.bsky.social conference which took place in Sheffield this April. 👉 Read here: housingevidence.ac.uk/hsa-2026-an-...

HSA 2026: an interchange of research, ideas and argument about housing studies - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence

This short blog is a reflection on the recent annual Housing Studies Association conference held in Sheffield (20-22 April 2026) ...

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🏠 As the people of Wales take to the polls today for the Senedd election, Dr Bob Smith shares reflections on the voices of the Welsh housing sector at the recent @cihhousing.bsky.social Cymru conference.

In our manifesto, The 2026 Scottish Election: Housing Evidence Priorities for a New Government, authors Prof Ken Gibb and Dr Gareth James include ‘Prevention, homelessness and housing support’ as one of four key housing priorities. > Read the full report here: housingevidence.ac.uk/project/the-...

The 2026 Scottish Election: Housing Evidence Priorities for a New Government - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence

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📍 Our third housing priority from our manifesto, The 2026 Scottish Election: Housing Evidence Priorities for a New Government, was a focus on planning, land and infrastructure.