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Ken Gibb
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I am a housing researcher and direct the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence at the University of Glasgow. Reposts and likes do not necessarily imply assent.
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‘We used a beachball as an alien!’ John Carpenter on his gloriously shonky sci-fi comedy Dark Star
‘The control room buttons were upside-down ice-cube trays, one space suit had a dish-drying rack on it – and the special effects guy wrote the theme tune lyrics’
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November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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The life and limbo of a UK asylum seeker: one man’s harrowing 17-year wait for leave to remain
Ussu fled imprisonment and torture, only to find himself treated like a liar and outcast in the UK. Here’s how he survived homelessness and horrific injury in almost two decades without a decision
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November 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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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

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Defining housing affordability
The Week in Housing 14/11/25
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November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Renters’ Rights Act: No-fault evictions banned from May 2026
The government confirms timeline for reforms to England’s rental market, including ending bidding wars.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Scottish government aiming to issue first bonds in 2026-27
Scottish ministers wants to use bonds to raise money from investors to fund infrastructure projects.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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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.
How can we Improve Standards in the Private Rented Sector?
Thinking more expansively about the practical policy interventions available to address the problem of standard in the English Private Rented Sector.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Bad wealth made good: how to tackle Britain’s twin faultlines of low growth and rising inequality
Over the past half-century, a rising share of economic activity in the UK and other rich countries has been connected with ‘bad’ wealth accumulation.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Crisis charity to become a landlord in attempt to rectify ‘catastrophic’ housing in UK
Exclusive: Homelessness charity planning to buy properties as it can no longer rely on access to social housing
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November 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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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.

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How can we Improve Standards in the Private Rented Sector?
Thinking more expansively about the practical policy interventions available to address the problem of standard in the English Private Rented Sector.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Almost 6,400 affordable homes included in Glasgow five-year investment plan
Glasgow City Council has approved a five-year plan for the construction of almost 6400 new affordable homes.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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The UK’s wealth ‘timebomb’ – and how to defuse it
The case for taxing wealth has historically come from the political mainstream – so why is it so unpalatable now?
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November 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Houses without lounges are a reality for renters
Nearly a third of homes advertised on a property sharing website had no living room.
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November 1, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Social housing investor and lender confidence strengthens, says regulator
Borrowing by Scotland’s social housing providers has surged over the last year, with total available debt facilities exceeding £7 billion for the first time, the Scottish Housing Regulator...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Professor Kenneth Gibb: Towards a shared understanding of housing affordability
Professor Kenneth Gibb from the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) highlights a new report that sets out recommendations for a shared understanding of housing affordability. What doe...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Towards a Shared Understanding of Housing Affordability - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence
What does it mean to say the cost of housing is affordable or unaffordable? When are rents charged truly affordable? Do governments in Scotland, or at UK level, use affordability […]
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October 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Towards a Shared Understanding of Housing Affordability: Short Life Working Group, 2022-24 - UK Collaborative Centre For Housing Evidence
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October 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Renters’ Rights Act becomes law in England – here are six things to do before renting a property privately
Whether a new tenant or an existing tenant, it has never been more important to keep abreast of new developments in the law.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Do populists always crash the economy?
Argentina is counting the cost of its turn to Javier Milei. Politicians from Donald Trump to Giorgia Meloni and Nigel Farage will be closely watching what happens next
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October 26, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Systemic failures deepening Scotland’s homelessness crisis, warns Regulator
Scotland’s housing system is facing a deepening crisis, with systemic failures in homelessness services continuing to leave many of the country’s most vulnerable people without the support...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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COSLA manifesto calls for historic Housing Revenue Account debt to be written off
Scotland's councils are calling on the next Scottish Government to write off historic Housing Revenue Account debt as part of urgent measures to tackle the nation's housing crisis. The demand forms a ...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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College Employers Scotland (CES) has appointed current CIH Scotland national director Callum Chomczuk as its new director.
Callum Chomczuk to join College Employers Scotland
College Employers Scotland (CES) has appointed current CIH Scotland national director Callum Chomczuk as its new director.
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October 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Dundee homelessness applications increase by 18% in a year
A new report that lays out the state of homelessness in Dundee and the council’s efforts to tackle it will be discussed by councillors next week amid an 18% rise in homelessness applications.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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A home insulation fiasco has left tens of thousands in cold and leaky homes over winter
The UK still needs to retrofit millions of homes. We can’t leave it up to the market, say experts.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Surging building costs threaten plans to tackle housing emergency, warns SFHA
Soaring building costs and uncertainty over new standards have left a significant funding gap in the Scottish Government’s efforts to end the housing emergency, according to a report from the Sc...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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of more than parochial interest:

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New student accommodation poised for Glasgow’s west end
Proposals to develop new student flats in Glasgow’s west end have been recommended for approval ahead of a council decision next week.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM