“We won’t make promises we can’t keep...” From the Private Eye archive. Issue 560, June 1983.

📢 Further speakers announced! Register now: lnkd.in/eQ3cUPfh Join us for the launch of The 2026 Scottish Election: Housing Evidence Priorities for a New Government, a new report by Prof @kengibb.bsky.social and Dr Gareth James from CaCHE and the University of Glasgow.

Can we get to a shared definition of housing affordability that makes sense? This week I look at a new report by @kengibb.bsky.social that does just that theweekinhousing.substack.com/p/defining-h...

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With the Labour’s Renters’ Rights Act receiving Royal Assent last month, how else can we improve standards in the private rented sector? By @alicerearley.bsky.social @kengibb.bsky.social and Alex Marsh.

With the Labour’s Renters’ Rights Act receiving Royal Assent last month, how else can we improve standards in the private rented sector? By @alicerearley.bsky.social @kengibb.bsky.social and Alex Marsh. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/how-can...

College Employers Scotland (CES) has appointed current CIH Scotland national director Callum Chomczuk as its new director.

of more than parochial interest: www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/new...

📝Our Centre director Prof @kengibb.bsky.social also discusses the study in a recent blog: housingevidence.ac.uk/housing-supp...

UK deaths of 1,611 homeless people in 2024 is record high www.bbc.com/news/article...

Will this just push up house prices? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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12) Thank you to Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, Shelter Scotland and CIH Scotland for commissioning the research. And thanks to my co-authors - Craig Watkins, Berna Keskin, Richard Dunning, Ed Ferrari and @kengibb.bsky.social. @housingevidence.bsky.social. End.

When insulation goes wrong – the science behind why botched retrofits can be so damaging theconversation.com/when-insulat...

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