Scottish Housing News Podcast

Housing minister Paul McLennan has told Scottish Housing News that he intends to share details on an action plan to tackle Scotland's housing emergency next week. Speaking to Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black for the Scottish Housing News Podcast, the minister said the statement had to wait until a Hou

Below is a full transcript of episode 57 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled 'Housing Bill part 4: An interview with housing minister Paul McLennan'. Listen to the episode here.

Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black continue their look into the new Housing Bill with a look at the duties expected of social landlords regarding domestic abuse. Under the proposed legislation, social landlords will have to provide support to tenants experiencing rent arrears or risk of homelessness due

Below is a full transcript of episode 56 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled 'The Housing Bill part 3: Domestic abuse with Michelle Meldrum, Eileen McMullan and Sophie Berry'. Listen to the episode here.

Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black put the Holyrood turmoil to one side and continue their exploration of various elements of the Scottish Government’s new Housing Bill with a look at proposed new homelessness prevention measures. The legislation will introduce an ‘ask and act’ duty on

Below is a full transcript of episode 55 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled ‘Housing Bill part 2: Homelessness prevention duties with Ewan Aitken’. Listen to the episode here.

With the long-awaited Housing Bill finally here, hosts Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black will dedicate the next four episodes to digest various elements of the legislation, including homelessness and domestic abuse, culminating in an interview with housing minister Paul McLennan. But we begin the serie

Below is a full transcript of episode 54 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled ‘Housing Bill part 1: Rent controls and tenants' rights with Dr John Boyle’. Professor Douglas Robertson also contributed to this episode, but we could not include his audio in the published recordi

"Technically heat networks aren't really difficult. It is just large-scale plumbing. The heat's already there, we're just moving it.” With the Scottish Government’s New Build Heat Standard now in force, the installation of ‘direct emission’ systems for heating for new build h

Below is a full transcript of episode 53 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled ‘Shawfair and clean heating networks with Eoghan Maguire’. Listen to the episode here.

“If we have a choice between a tenant having their home flooded or having to put on an extra jumper, which would you recommend?” For anyone who has encountered architect Fionn Stevenson over her career, her answer to this question will be obvious. It forms part of her claim that a blanke

Below is a full transcript of episode 52 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled 'Why ‘fabric-first’ may be the wrong approach for retrofitting with Fionn Stevenson'. Listen to the episode here.

Almost a year since Scotland appointed its first dedicated housing minister, three councils have declared housing emergencies due to mounting pressures in their local housing systems and dozens of others could be set to follow. Now housing bodies across Scotland are making a concerted effort to say

Below is a full transcript of episode 51 of the Scottish Housing News Podcast titled 'Why it is important to declare a housing emergency with Councillor Jane Meagher and Councillor Allan Casey'. Listen to the episode here.

With the Tenant Protection Bill’s in-tenancy rent cap and eviction measures due to expire in a matter of weeks, the Scottish Government has proposed an adjudication scheme to ease the transition until a long-awaited Housing Bill comes to pass. Under the proposals, the process for rent adjudica