💡 🏠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...

📢 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...

📍 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...

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...

📝 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-...

🏠 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-...

📍 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.

📍 In a continuation of revisiting our 4 priority areas for housing in our manifesto, The 2026 Scottish Election: Housing Evidence Priorities for a New Government, authored by Prof @kengibb.bsky.social & Dr Gareth James, today we’re highlighting the second priority: governance & structural reform.

📢 At the end of 2025, we published our manifesto, The 2026 Scottish Election: Housing Evidence Priorities for a New Government.

💡Explore big policy questions with @uofgpolicy.bsky.social in the run-up to the Scottish election on 7 May through their election webinar series! More info on individual events and how to sign up below 👇

📍 Register now for our September conference "Housing Matters: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?" This free, two-day conference hosted by CaCHE in Glasgow offers an opportunity for housing scholars, policymakers and practitioners to come together and discuss pressing housing questions.

Sign up now for this great session from Urban Retrofit taking place next week about the motivations of current planning students, delivered by Hannah Hickman! Sign up below 👇

🏠 In this blog, Nicola Guttridge (PhD researcher at @salforduni.bsky.social) explores what moving house within Greater Manchester really means for tenants in the private rented sector. 👉 Read here: housingevidence.ac.uk/private-rent...

Call for submissions for our September conference "Housing Matters: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?" are open! Please submit by 5pm, Friday 5 June 2026. More information on how to submit and about the conference in general can be found here: housingevidence.ac.uk/call-for-sub...

We are pleased to publish a landmark report that demystifies the complex policy area of land value capture and its entanglement with the housing crisis. You can read the report here: housingevidence.ac.uk/project/who-...

❗ 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: housingevidence.ac.uk/call-for-sub...

Insights from @kengibb.bsky.social @housingevidence.bsky.social (CaCHE) on the new national housing agency, More Homes Scotland💡🏠 He introduces a new CaCHE briefing on the agency based on sector-wide interviews, sharing emerging key themes. Read: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

📢 Call for submissions now open! 📢 Housing scholars, policymakers and practitioners are invited to submit short abstracts of papers (max. 250 words) for our recently announced conference “Housing Matters: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?” by 5pm, Friday 5 June 2026.

💡 Improving the energy efficiency of England's housing stock is essential if the UK is to meet its net zero commitments. The question of "who pays?" is asked by Carlos Tingley in this new blog on our website. 📖 Read here: housingevidence.ac.uk/net-zero-hou...

🏠 In this blog, Prof @kengibb.bsky.social explains how the announcement of a new national housing agency in Jan 26 came within the context of CaCHE calling for a new housing agency in our manifesto in Dec 2025 and the commissioning of a research project by @shelterscotland.bsky.social.

@scottishgov.bsky.social announced the creation of More Homes Scotland, a new national housing and land delivery agency in January.

Dr @claresummerskill.bsky.social has written about her latest play, At the Rainbow's End, based entirely on the stories of LGBT people who have experienced homophobia and transphobia in care settings and when receiving care in their own homes. Read: housingevidence.ac.uk/at-the-rainb...

🎧 Both episodes of our 2025 season of Equality in Housing are available on YouTube so you can listen on there alongside our website and Spotify. More episodes, both new and old, will be coming to YouTube soon! 📍 Equality in Housing playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🚨New episode - the LGBTQ+ Housing Pledge with Jack Mason Our hosts Dr @garethjyoung.bsky.social (CaCHE) and Pedro Cameron (@tisscotland.bsky.social) chat with Jack, the LGBTQ+ Housing Pledge Project Coordinator for Stonewall Housing. 🎧Listen here: housingevidence.ac.uk/whats-happen...

📝Dr Andrew Robert Watson @housingopinion.bsky.social proposes the development of a Housing Stewardship Framework for understanding and improving how housing quality is produced and sustained across the system. 📍Read more in this new blog on the CaCHE website: housingevidence.ac.uk/the-need-to-...

📅 SAVE THE DATE – 2-3 September 2026 📅 We are pleased to share that the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) will be hosting a two-day multidisciplinary conference taking place 2-3 September 2026 at the Glasgow Grosvenor Hotel in the city’s west end.

💡 In this third case study focusing on examples of human-centred retrofit, the Urban Retrofit team look at the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia (AHANS). Read here: urbanretrofit.housingevidence.ac.uk/case-studies...

📆 One week to go! Sign up now to join us online next Thursday (19 Feb) 10-11am GMT for this session introducing the Non-Decent Index (NDI)! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rolling-ou...

📑 This new paper from @housingopinion.bsky.social aims to understand how private landlords approach asset allocation in the Scottish private rented sector (PRS). Read: housingevidence.ac.uk/project/all-...

📝 Have your say! The project team are keen to gather feedback on the Non-Decent Index both during and after the online session on Thursday 19 February. 🚨Please sign up for the session if you'd like to participate + instructions on how to access the beta data: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rolling-ou...

You can now listen to the newest episode of Equality in Housing - Housing for Complex Needs with Dr Sacha Hasan (@heriotwattuni.bsky.social) - on YouTube: youtu.be/m6GRQmkUyPY [1/3]

📢 Have you registered yet? Sign up here for our online event on Thurs 19 Feb 10-11am GMT as we introduce the Non-Decent Index (NDI), a free tool that identifies hotspots of Decent Homes failure in England: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rolling-ou... This is an online event supported by CaCHE. [1/3]

💡 The Equality in Housing podcast is back for 2026! In this new episode, hosts Dr @garethjyoung.bsky.social (CaCHE) and Pedro Cameron (@tisscotland.bsky.social) are in conversation with Dr Sacha Hasan (Assistant Professor of Human Geography, @heriotwattuni.bsky.social). [1/4]

CaCHE Director Prof @kengibb.bsky.social recently featured in the new @sgsss.bsky.social podcast 'When Disciplines Meet', hosted by Laura Anderson. Listen here: housingevidence.ac.uk/prof-ken-gib...

Last week the Scottish Government announced More Homes Scotland, a new national agency for land and housing delivery. Prof Ken Gibb discusses this and what it could mean in a new blog post, which you can read here: housingevidence.ac.uk/announcing-t...

📅 Join us online on Thursday 19 February 10-11am GMT as we introduce the Non-Decent Index (NDI), a free tool that identifies hotspots of Decent Homes failure in England. 📝 Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rolling-ou...

💡This new report from @uofghehta.bsky.social and CaCHE for Scottish Futures Trust and @publichealthscot.bsky.social highlights the scale of the health and financial implications of poor-quality housing in Scotland. Read the report here: housingevidence.ac.uk/project/hous...

To sum up 2025 from CaCHE, Centre Director Prof Ken Gibb has reflected back on the previous year and looks forward to 2026 in a new blog post published on our website. You can read the blog here: housingevidence.ac.uk/caches-2025-...

Last week saw the Scottish Law Commission announce plans to introduce mandatory owners' associations for Scotland's older tenements. You can read more about this in Prof Ken Gibb's latest blog: housingevidence.ac.uk/unlocking-th...

Now included in www.thinkhouse.org.uk :: @housingevidence.bsky.social REPORT :: The 2026 Scottish Election: Housing Evidence Priorities for a New Government :: Awaiting Editorial Panel assessment. #ukhousing #housingresearch #housingpolicy

Last week we launched our new report - The Scottish Election 2026: Housing Evidence Priorities for a New Government - in a fantastic online event featuring our brilliant panel of speakers. You can find a recording of the event on the CaCHE YouTube channel: youtu.be/6jeG70FUHBY

New report from Crisis, @heriotwattuni.bsky.social and CaCHE finds that affordability issues in England are preventing access to social-housing for low income groups. Read the report here: housingevidence.ac.uk/project/movi...