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Having spent two decades trying to reduce tenant fuel poverty and make a tiny contribution to slowing the climate crisis, Lochalsh and Skye Housing Association CEO Neil Clapperton thinks he might have found a solution. Maitland Mackie of ice cream fame gifted me two things: two inches on m

On 9 July 2021, the Scottish Government published a report on The Value, Incidence and Impact of Developer Contributions in Scotland. The report is an independent piece of research on Section 75 planning obligations – the equivalent of Section 106 in England – and other developer contrib

The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) will launch its latest report today which aims to increase understanding of how living in the private rented sector affects wellbeing. Featuring voices and experiences of 53 tenants from across the UK, 'Health and Wellbeing in t

The first of two papers looking at ‘Health and Wellbeing in the private rented sector’ has been published by the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) exploring the relationship between living in the private rented sector and subjective wellbeing. Report authors Jenni

Housing is a human right and ensuring that every household has an adequate house is one of the key obligations on the Scottish Government and local councils but a new report published by the Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO) has shown that not every household enjoys

In this blog, Adriana Mihaela Soaita from the University of Glasgow looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic has augmented the importance of a good neighbourhood and a comfortable home to peoples’ health and wellbeing. They have also brought under the spotlight home’s vulnerabilities, which ta

The Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO) and the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) are to launch a report on the human right to adequate housing in Scotland next week. When the Scottish Government amended the National performance Framework to include a co

In the run-up to national elections in Scotland and Wales, the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) is publishing new papers that set out evidence-informed priorities for the incoming governments of both nations. CaCHE drew on evidence researchers have produced in the last three

Jennifer Harris, senior research associate at the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE), looks at how new UK-wide research highlights examples of how services are adapting to improve access to advice and information for people living in the private rented sector. This is part of

UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) director Ken Gibb welcomes the launch of the Housing to 2040 roadmap and, after reading it several times, reflects on its intent, actions and aims for positive change. On Thursday, March 18, I participated in a panel session run by the Chartered I

The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) has published a new report which outlines the preliminary evidence of a project that seeks to examine the evolution of the housing system between the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the COVID-19 pandemic, and the early impact of the pan

Phil O’Brien reflects on the affordability of housing as an ongoing issue in Scotland and how the Scottish Government have recently announced future plans to tackle the issue of affordable housing. The Scottish Government has announced plans to invest £3.4 billion in affordable hous

Steve Rolfe and Kim McKee (University of Stirling) present an overview of a new research report that they have produced, along with Tom Simcock, Julie Feather and Jenny Hoolachan, which considers what landlords can do to make their tenants feel more at home in the Private Rented Sector (PRS).

The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) has published two interim reports into the COVID-19 crisis response to homelessness in Great Britain and domestic abuse policy in the four nations of the UK prior to the pandemic. The Covid-19 crisis response to homelessness in Great

An in-depth study published by a team led by the University of Glasgow has found that the design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low. The report - Delivering design value: The housing design quality conundrum - which looked at all four UK nations, said n