The Scottish Housing News Podcast

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Former Dundee housing convener and housing justice campaigner Jimmy Black and Scottish Housing News editor Kieran Findlay discuss the latest news and chat to influential figures from Scotland's social housing sector.

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64 - The Prospecthill Court Retrofit Project with Richard Turnock, Duncan Smith and Ryan Ferrier

“We go into this project not looking for awards but it's good actually to recognise the contribution of our staff and it's also a good way for our suppliers and the other stakeholders in this to be recognised as well. So it's a win-win-win for customers, us and the contractors.” If you could cut your tenants’ heating bills by 80%, you would, wouldn’t you? That’s what River Clyde Homes think they’ve achieved at a multi-storey block with 91 flats on the wild and windy hill above Greenock. So Jimmy Black and Kieran Findlay got in the car and went to see chief executive Richard Turnock and head of energy & sustainability Duncan Smith, as well as Ryan Ferrier, design manager from Kier Construction, for a guided tour of their energy centre and the fabulously refurbished Prospecthill Court, which is now a very desirable multi. Jimmy Black has written a blog to accompany the episode ⁠here⁠: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/blacks-blog-prospecthill-court-shows-how-multis-can-be-desirable-places-to-live Kieran Findlay is the editor of Scottish Housing News. Jimmy Black is a former Dundee housing convener and housing justice campaigner. Feedback on this episode and the podcast is welcome via our social media channels: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ScotHousingNews⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/28156734/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/ScotHousingNews⁠⁠ Read all our news and sign up for our free daily newsletter at ⁠⁠https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/⁠

31min
15 DE OUT.

63 - Accessible housing (part 4) with Simon Fitzpatrick

“If we can get 90% of it right, I'd be delighted if somebody else came up with the other 10% and built on that. That's the history of social housing, right? Standing on the shoulders of giants and keeping getting better and better and better. We're just part of that chain.” Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black wrap up their series on accessible housing with an exploration into what it takes to deliver a fully accessible home. Simon Fitzpatrick, the chief executive of Blackwood, shares the story behind a £17.5 million development that will bring 66 highly adapted, technologically advanced homes to the Charleston area of Dundee. Each of the homes is equipped with Blackwood's CleverCogs technology and there’s also some larger properties based on the Blackwood House design, both of which are explained in this episode. Recorded just days after the Housing & Social Care Accessibility Summit, the episode also includes discussions about the collaboration required to deliver a fully accessible development, measuring success and housing legacy. A transcript of this episode is available here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/accessible-housing-part-4-podcast-transcript Jimmy Black has written a blog to accompany the episode here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/blacks-blog-wheels-lifts-and-transformational-housing Kieran Findlay is the editor of Scottish Housing News. Jimmy Black is a former Dundee housing convener and housing justice campaigner. Feedback on this episode and the podcast is welcome via our social media channels: ⁠https://twitter.com/ScotHousingNews⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/28156734/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/ScotHousingNews⁠ Read all our news and sign up for our free daily newsletter at ⁠https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/

47min
17 DE SET.

62 - Accessible housing (part 3) with Jacquie Pepper and Elaine Ritchie

“Partnership work is about relationships, it's knowing people, it's understanding each of us have roles and responsibilities but keeping in mind what we're all trying to achieve at the end of the day and that's the outcomes for people that live in our communities to allow them to thrive and survive.” Continuing with their accessible housing series, Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black focus on the link between housing and social care services with a look into a region where it is working really well. Jacquie Pepper, chief officer/director at the Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership and Elaine Ritchie, strategic lead for Housing & Communities at Perth & Kinross Council, share how their Independent Living Panel serves as a forum for partnership working between housing, PKHSCP and other agencies, including RSLs and care providers. There’s a look into how Perth & Kinross has integrated technology into its social care services and why the Gannochy Trust estate provides an ideal development for care integration. The episode ends with a plea from Elaine Ritchie for the Scottish Government to reinvest in affordable housing to ease the current pressure on services and advance its own poverty agenda. Jacquie Pepper will join one of the panel sessions at the Housing & Social Care Accessibility Summit, which will take place at the V&A Dundee on September 26th. A transcript of this episode is available here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/accessible-housing-part-3-podcast-transcript Jimmy Black has written a blog to accompany the episode here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/blacks-blog-working-together-through-a-crisis-in-perth-kinross Kieran Findlay is the editor of Scottish Housing News. Jimmy Black is a former Dundee housing convener and housing justice campaigner. Feedback on this episode and the podcast is welcome via our social media channels: ⁠https://twitter.com/ScotHousingNews⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/28156734/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/ScotHousingNews⁠ Read all our news and sign up for our free daily newsletter at ⁠https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/

32min
21 DE AGO.

61 - Accessible housing (part 2) with Angela Currie

“If we don't grab and grab with both hands that prevention agenda, do more now, given we know what's coming our way from our demographics, then we are going to be in a much worse state than we are now in 10, 20 years time.” Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black continue their exploration of the current issues surrounding social care and accessible housing with Angela Currie, the chief executive of Hanover Scotland. Angela talks about the difficulty in forging the cross-sector relationships required to deliver the level of service and quality of homes to its older residents, particularly with regard to procurement and strategic partnerships. We look ahead to the results of the Scottish Housing Accessibility Standard consultation and look back on the legacy of the late Julia Fitzpatrick. Hanover has recently come on board as a sponsor for the event, which will take place at the V&A Dundee on September 26th. A transcript of this episode is available here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/accessible-housing-part-2-podcast-transcript Jimmy Black has written a blog to accompany the episode here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/blacks-blog-ijbs-and-the-sword-of-damocles Further reading: The first part of our Accessible Housing series is available here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/podcast-accessible-housing-part-1-with-pam-duncan-glancy-msp Kieran Findlay is the editor of Scottish Housing News. Jimmy Black is a former Dundee housing convener and housing justice campaigner. Feedback on this episode and the podcast is welcome via our social media channels: ⁠https://twitter.com/ScotHousingNews⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/28156734/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/ScotHousingNews⁠ Read all our news and sign up for our free daily newsletter at ⁠https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/

28min
7 DE AGO.

60 - Accessible housing (part 1) with Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP

“You can't do all of the things that people take for granted if you can't get in and out of your house.” In the run-up to the Housing & Social Care Accessibility Summit in Dundee, Jimmy Black and Kieran Findlay discuss the practical housing issues often confronted by people with disabilities with the campaigning MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy. Pam, who represents a Glasgow regional seat and is deputy convener of the Cross Party Parliamentary Group on Disability, will chair a session at the event in September. The discussion touches on her role in a public consultation on accessible housing, which fed into a wider commission on housing, and the following conclusions of that report. They also speak about the wider benefits of people being able to live independently and how important it is that people with accessibility requirements are involved in these discussions. A transcript of this episode is available here. Jimmy Black has written a blog to accompany the episode here. Tickets for the Housing & Social Care Accessibility Summit are available here. Further reading: Euan's Guide Christie Commission on the future delivery of public services Kieran Findlay is the editor of Scottish Housing News. Jimmy Black is a former Dundee housing convener and housing justice campaigner. Feedback on this episode and the podcast is welcome via our social media channels: ⁠https://twitter.com/ScotHousingNews⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/28156734/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/ScotHousingNews⁠ Read all our news and sign up for our free daily newsletter at ⁠https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/

36min
24 DE JUL.

59 - The holistic approach to homelessness with Helen Murdoch and Janet Haugh

“We have a theory of change which demonstrates the changes we are hoping to see in people's lives that will ultimately help us achieve our vision of a world where everyone has an equal chance to create a safe and supportive place to call home.” Returning to the subject of homelessness, Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black speak to two charities that between them have been operating in Scotland for almost 350 years. Helen Murdoch and Janet Haugh provide brief histories of their respective charities, The Salvation Army and Right There, before turning the focus to current challenges. We then discuss The Salvation Army’s Breaking the Cycle report, which recommends urgent collection of data on the number of people rough sleeping, along with cause-of-death data for anyone who dies while living in temporary accommodation, as well as the Right There Impact Report, which measured the saving to the public purse as a result of the support that it provides to people facing or experiencing homelessness. A transcript of this episode is available here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/the-holistic-approach-to-homelessness-podcast-transcript Jimmy Black has written a blog to accompany the episode here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/blacks-blog-space-time-empathy-and-practical-stuff-saves-cash Further reading: The Difference That Right There Makes: Social Return on Investment Approach Impact Evaluation Breaking the Cycle: Understanding the challenges in accessing wrap-around support for people experiencing homelessness in Scotland Kieran Findlay is the editor of Scottish Housing News. Jimmy Black is a former Dundee housing convener and housing justice campaigner. Feedback on this episode and the podcast is welcome via our social media channels: ⁠https://twitter.com/ScotHousingNews⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/28156734/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/ScotHousingNews⁠ Read all our news and sign up for our free daily newsletter at ⁠https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/

36min
29 DE JUN.

58 - Communications during a crisis with Sally Thomas and Chris Fairbairn

“In crisis situations, don't try and save face in front of us. Tell us the warts and all. Tell us the reality of the situation here. If we're going in with one hand tied behind our back, then it isn't going to end well.” In this episode of the Scottish Housing News Podcast, Kieran Findlay and Jimmy Black discuss the value of effective communications in the social housing sector with Sally Thomas, the chief executive at the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, and Chris Fairbairn, an associate director at public relations consultancy Holyrood PR. Social landlords have great stories to tell and its important to raise the reputation of your association and your work. But what about when things aren’t going so well? The increased expectations of social landlords today bring ever-heightened scrutiny, and couple that with a cost of living crisis and a housing emergency then communicating the right message to the right people is crucial. Listen to the guests share their insights on managing expectations against budget pressures, how landlords can recover their reputation amid a housing emergency and whether the ‘black arts’ are still practised by today’s PR companies. A transcript of this episode is available here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/communications-during-a-crisis-podcast-transcript Jimmy Black has written a blog to accompany this episode here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/blacks-blog-if-you-put-peoples-backs-up-they-go-to-the-papers Kieran Findlay is the editor of Scottish Housing News. Jimmy Black is a former Dundee housing convener and housing justice campaigner. Feedback on this episode and the podcast is welcome via our social media channels: ⁠https://twitter.com/ScotHousingNews⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/28156734/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/ScotHousingNews⁠ Read all our news and sign up for our free daily newsletter at ⁠https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/

43min
17 DE JUN.

57 - Housing Bill part 4: An interview with housing minister Paul McLennan

Jimmy Black and Kieran Findlay conclude their series on the Scottish Government’s new Housing Bill with an interview with the minister responsible for bringing the legislation through Parliament, housing minister Paul McLennan. The wide-ranging discussion centred on measures in the proposed legislation such as rent controls, homelessness and domestic abuse. Mr McLennan also shared details of the first meeting of the Housing Investment Taskforce, which he described as one of many avenues the Scottish Government is looking to boost housebuilding. The minister also said he intends to share details on an action plan to tackle Scotland's housing emergency over the next few days after a Housing to 2040 strategy group meeting took place last week. A transcript of this episode is available here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/housing-bill-part-4-paul-mclennan-podcast-transcript Jimmy Black has written a blog to accompany this episode here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/blacks-blog-half-an-hour-with-the-housing-minister Catch up with the rest of the Housing Bill series here: Podcast: Housing Bill part 1: Rent controls and tenants’ rights with Dr John Boyle: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/podcast-housing-bill-part-1-rent-controls-and-tenants-rights-with-dr-john-boyle Podcast: Housing Bill part 2: Homelessness prevention duties with Ewan Aitken: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/podcast-housing-bill-part-2-homelessness-prevention-duties-with-ewan-aitken Podcast: Housing Bill part 3: Domestic abuse with Michelle Meldrum, Eileen McMullan and Sophie Berry: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/podcast-the-housing-bill-part-3-domestic-abuse-with-michelle-meldrum-eileen-mcmullan-and-sophie-berry For more information on SHN’s Housing & Social Care Accessibility Summit in partnership with Horizon Housing, click here: https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/horizon-announces-summit-to-develop-solutions-for-accessible-housing-and-social-care-crisis Kieran Findlay is the editor of Scottish Housing News. Jimmy Black is a former Dundee housing convener and housing justice campaigner. Feedback on this episode and the podcast is welcome via our social media channels: ⁠https://twitter.com/ScotHousingNews⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/28156734/⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/ScotHousingNews⁠ Read all our news and sign up for our free daily newsletter at ⁠https://www.scottishhousingnews.com/

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2021 - 2024
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The Scottish Housing News Podcast

The Scottish Housing News Podcast

64 - The Prospecthill Court Retrofit Project with Richard Turnock, Duncan Smith and Ryan Ferrier

63 - Accessible housing (part 4) with Simon Fitzpatrick

62 - Accessible housing (part 3) with Jacquie Pepper and Elaine Ritchie

61 - Accessible housing (part 2) with Angela Currie

60 - Accessible housing (part 1) with Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP

59 - The holistic approach to homelessness with Helen Murdoch and Janet Haugh

58 - Communications during a crisis with Sally Thomas and Chris Fairbairn

57 - Housing Bill part 4: An interview with housing minister Paul McLennan

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The Scottish Housing News Podcast

Episódios

64 - The Prospecthill Court Retrofit Project with Richard Turnock, Duncan Smith and Ryan Ferrier

63 - Accessible housing (part 4) with Simon Fitzpatrick

62 - Accessible housing (part 3) with Jacquie Pepper and Elaine Ritchie

61 - Accessible housing (part 2) with Angela Currie

60 - Accessible housing (part 1) with Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP

59 - The holistic approach to homelessness with Helen Murdoch and Janet Haugh

58 - Communications during a crisis with Sally Thomas and Chris Fairbairn

57 - Housing Bill part 4: An interview with housing minister Paul McLennan

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