Scotland’s New Deal for Tenants: Grand Designs, with Shoogly Foundations
Short paper by Professor Duncan Maclennan on the discussions about the Scottish Government’s proposed ‘New Deal for Tenants’ at the 2022 Scottish Housing Policy Conference.
Scottish Housing Policy Conference: A Fair, Flexible Future Rental Market
Register your interest in the next Scottish Housing Policy Conference, focused on Scotland’s Rented Sector Strategy.
Why the Housing Market Emergency Will Shift Politics: The Australian Exemplar
How Australia is emerging as a key exemplar of the OECD’s concerns that unbalanced housing markets now impede inclusive growth, and the implications for other housing markets.
New report – Housing: Taming the Elephant in the Economy
A new report recommends immediate institutional reform to stabilise Australia’s dysfunctional housing market.
Housing and the Economy: Scenarios for Australia to 2025 and 2045
The City Futures Research Forum at the University of New South Wales has published a major new report on housing and the economy in Australia, produced by Professor Duncan Maclennan of Policy Scotland in collaboration with research partners.
Dialogue 2. Raising Ambition on Net Zero
Dialogue 2. Raising Ambition on Net Zero – Providing low carbon energy and housing solutions Date held: Thursday 19 November Facilitators Professor Gioia Falcone, Rankine Chair of Energy Engineering, University of Glasgow Gavin Slater, Head of Sustainability, Glasgow City Council Themes A. Transforming existing buildings into more energy-efficient homes and spaces Decarbonising heat is one of the principal tasks facing…
Scottish Housing Day 2020: celebrating the value of social housing
Prof. Ken Gibb, Director of the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, highlights the findings from a recent CaCHE research project on the impact of social housing in Scotland.
Extending Economic Cases for Housing Policies: Rents, Ownership and Assets
Research that reviews what the likely effects of sustained high and increasing rents in Australia will be on an economy, and stresses potential productivity effects.
More Different Futures: Housing after 2020
COVID-19 has exposed the fractured housing systems identified by the international Shaping Futures research project. Now the More Different Futures Network is starting work to create better housing systems that can support the recovery of the economy and society.
UK2070 Commission publishes report on tackling regional inequalities
The final report by the UK2070 Commission into city and regional inequalities in the UK draws on work from Policy Scotland.