Ken Gibb

The need to re-focus on housing conditions: Introducing the Housing Stewardship Framework - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence Housing quality matters. There are well-established links between the condition of homes and levels of educational attainment, health outcomes, social mobility, and economic growth (Boyd et al., 2025;...

📝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-...

Build Up Not Trickle Down Need-Led Housing - Shelter England The government must adopt a need-led development model that delivers genuinely affordable social homes so everyone has a safe, affordable and secure place home.

🚨New report out today.🚨

If we want fewer families facing homelessness, we need to be honest about what works... and what doesn’t.

Our new report looks at the evidence behind housing policy and why social housing is key to ending the housing emergency. 🗝️

Read the full report: shltr.org.uk/ifWuB

OH NO DISASTER WHAT A BAD IDEA

A-LEAGUE Goalie heads it into his own goal from outside the box.

The Guardian view on Scotland’s housing crisis: supply has failed to keep pace with need Legal entitlements mean little when affordable homes are scarce and more are not being built fast enough. Vienna offers a better model

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Cold and expensive v hot, cheap and eco-friendly: the contrasting histories of home heating in the UK and Sweden Two professors of energy studies – one British, the other Swedish – explore the very different histories of home heating in their countries.

Cold and expensive v hot, cheap and eco-friendly: the contrasting histories of home heating in the UK and Sweden
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Rent controls are coming to the UK - but they're not a guaranteed win for tenants Rent controls are coming to the UK - but they're not a guaranteed win for tenants

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Glasgow's tree of the year competing to be named best in Europe The acclaimed Argyle Street Ash is up against 12 trees from across the continent in the competition.

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Prof Ken Gibb features in SGSSS podcast 'When Disciplines Meet' - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence Prof Ken Gibb recently featured in the new Scottish Graduate School of Social Science five-part podcast series 'When Disciplines Meet'

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...

Mid-market and build-to-rent properties to be exempt from rent controls Regulations have been laid in the Scottish Parliament to exempt mid-market and build-to-rent properties from rent control proposals. The regulations follow a commitment made during scrutiny of the Hou...

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Announcing the new Housing Land Agency – More Homes Scotland - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence Kenneth Gibb January 26, 2026 Last Thursday the Scottish Government announced their intention to act on the recommendation made by the Housing Investment taskforce to create and run a new national age...

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UK households to get £15bn for solar and green tech to lower energy bills The government has announced the details of its long-awaited Warm Homes Plan which promises to cut energy bills.

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Twenty-two councils in England ask for election delays A third of eligible authorities say they want to postpone local polls scheduled for May.

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The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on:

* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc

AND

* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero

I kid you not, it is that stupid

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Motherwell boss Askou named manager of month Motherwell boss Askou named manager of month

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Bob Weir, co-founder of rock group the Grateful Dead, dies at age 78 Rhythm guitarist helped guide the legendary jam band through decades of change and success

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Scottish Parliament backs new tax on housebuilding MSPs have voted in favour of the general principles of a bill that aims to raise money to repair unsafe cladding.

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Martin Chivers: Former Spurs and England forward dies aged 80 Former Tottenham and England forward Martin Chivers dies at the age of 80.

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Plans approved for 48 affordable homes at Ravenscraig A planning application for 48 affordable homes at Ravenscraig has been approved by North Lanarkshire Council. Submitted by McTaggart Construction, North Lanarkshire Council and Ravenscraig Limited, th...

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Are UK buy-to-let landlords dying out – and should we care? Higher taxes and tougher regulations have led to the disappearance of tens of thousands of rental properties

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Need cheering up after a terrible year? I may have just the story you’re looking for | Martin Kettle A single act of kindness reminded me that, despite so much evidence to the contrary, the better angels of our nature are not necessarily doomed, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Vulnerable people still living in unsafe supported housing in England two years after law was passed Charities and MP Bob Blackman urge government to implement law to tackle scandal of ‘exempt’ accommodation

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Vaibhav Suryavanshi: 14-year-old Indian makes List A century Indian teenager Vaibhav Suryavanshi makes history as the youngest player to score a century in men's List A cricket.

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England now has a plan to end homelessness – here’s how to test whether it will work It’s important that policies work for the people who need them, without wasting money on untested approaches.

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‘Lonely, terrifying and scary’: 70% of students in UK university halls feel isolated, poll shows Students blame reliance on phones plus pressure of accommodation costs for lack of social life

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Is runaway welfare spending to blame for the Chancellor's fiscal challenges?

We dig into the numbers⤵️

‘Affordability is off the scale’: Belfast’s red-hot rental market Northern Ireland’s gentrifying capital of swagger and soul is reeling as rents rise faster than anywhere in the UK

“Overtime [pay] used to be for treats,” says Millar, who works with homelessness people and advocacy group @rentersvoice.bsky.social “Now it’s normal just so I can pay the rent.”

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Average mortgage for UK first-time buyer hits record high of £210,800 People able to buy homes previously beyond budget, aided by rising wages and looser affordability tests

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It’s still not OK boomer: younger Americans are flailing – and mad as hell | J Oliver Conroy For young Americans, not being able to buy a house is more than a sob story. It’s the symbol of a broken social contract and a generational betrayal

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