Scottish Housing News Podcast

Scotland’s leading voices on accessible housing have urged the Scottish Government to put inclusive homes at the heart of its agenda ahead of May’s election, warning that the country is “nowhere near prepared” for the scale of demographic change coming.

Below is a full transcript of episode 80 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled 'The Scottish Accessible Housing Network with Michael Driscoll and Jill Pritchard’. Listen to or watch the episode here.

Fragmented ownership, chronic underinvestment, and slow legislative progress are pushing thousands of tenements into deepening disrepair, but with cross-party and cross-sector support for compulsory owners' associations and building reserve funds, a potential positive future could be around the corn

Below is a full transcript of episode 79 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled 'Compulsory tenement owners’ associations with Gillian Campbell and Mike Heffron’. Listen to or watch the episode here.

Scotland’s social landlords are facing renewed pressure to adopt meaningful anti‑racism policies after new research laid bare the extent to which Black people and people of colour are being failed by the housing system. Speaking on the Scottish Housing News Podcast, Shelter Scotland’s

Below is a full transcript of episode 78 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled 'Confronting systemic racism in housing' with Gordon Llewellyn‑MacRae and Dr Nadia Ayed’. Listen to the episode here.

The Scottish Housing News Podcast has taken an exciting step forward with the launch of its new YouTube channel, opening new doors for its audience to connect with the conversations shaping Scotland’s housing sector.

A stable, multi‑year funding settlement must be the next Scottish Government’s top priority if Scotland is to reverse stalled development pipelines and respond meaningfully to the housing emergency, according to the latest episode of The Scottish Housing News Podcast. Campion Homes joint man

Below is a full transcript of episode 77 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled ‘What housing needs from the next Scottish Government with Susan Jackson and Jen Gracie’. Listen to the episode here or watch below.

Abronhill Housing Association is sounding the alarm over a growing crisis in Scotland’s mixed tenure housing blocks, where fragmented ownership is undermining efforts to maintain safe, compliant homes. Speaking on the Scottish Housing News Podcast, interim director Audrey Murphy and housing ex

Below is a full transcript of episode 76 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled ‘Minority landlords and mixed tenure repairs with Audrey Murphy and Professor Douglas Robertson’. Listen to the episode here.

Below is a full transcript of episode 75 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled ‘Scottish Housing Day celebrates good neighbours with Callum Chomczuk and Jamie Ballentine’. Listen to the episode here.

In this episode of the Scottish Housing News Podcast, Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black discuss the theme of 'Everybody Needs Good Neighbours' for Scottish Housing Day. They explore the importance of community and neighbourliness, the role of housing associations in fostering social connections, and th

In this episode, Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black discuss the pressing issue of homelessness with Maureen Knight from Albyn Housing Society and Pamela Forrest from Riverside Scotland. They explore innovative strategies to prevent homelessness, focusing on proactive tenancy sustainment and the Housing

Below is a full transcript of episode 74 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled ‘Tenancy sustainment with Maureen Knight and Pamela Forrest’. Listen to the episode here.