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The CIH Podcast episode 29 – CHOOSE HOUSING: Why housing is a great career choice
Hear from our latest guest line up on the CIH Podcast as they discuss careers in housing and the latest presidential campaign at CIH, CHOOSE Housing. From hearing about the panel’s career stories, to discussing what careers in housing are on offer around the UK and Ireland, tune in for full the discussion. If you’d like to know more about Elly’s campaign visit: https://www.cih.org/policy/campaigns/choose-housing
The CIH Podcast episode 28 - How can we identify and tackle the risk of overheating in our homes
Join our policy manager, Matthew Scott, as he discusses the issue of overheating in the home with managing director of Building Energy Experts, Jack Allen. Covering both the technical and the practical they discuss what not dealing with overheating can mean for tenants.
The CIH Podcast episode 27 – Mental health in the housing sector: Mental Health Awareness Week
For Mental Health Awareness Week our panel discusses mental wellbeing in housing. Sarah Davis, CIH’s policy manager is joined by Jennifer Gilder, HR manager and Louise Smylie, training manager who are part of CIH’s mental health first aid team and Matt Baird recruitment director from Spirehouse. How far have we come in the sector on mental health in the last few years, and where is the sector going. To view the mental health resources that Sarah mentions in the podcast from the Shine a light campaign visit: https://www.cih.org/policy/campaigns/shine-a-light
The CIH Podcast episode 26 – UK Housing Review 2025: Addressing the shortage of affordable homes in rural areas
Join our host John Perry, a policy advisor at CIH and co-author of the UK Housing Review as he discusses rural housing challenges with his guests on this episode of the CIH Podcast. Christine Candlish, director of Living Plus at Places for People, Jo Lavis, director at Rural Housing Solutions, and Dr Madhu Satsangi, lecturer in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow discuss what the UK Housing Review found around rural housing.
The CIH Podcast episode 25 - Tackling damp and mould in homes: A NI report
Join our panel of guests as they discuss the Northern Ireland damp and mould guide and resources recently released in Northern Ireland. Host Justin Cartwright, CIH’s national director for Northern Ireland, is joined by Tracey Ellis from NIFHA and Ross Reid from Ark Housing to discuss the contents of the guide and how collaboration made the guide possible. To view the guide visit https://www.cih.org/publications/maintaining-healthy-homes-a-guide-to-preventing-and-resolving-damp-and-mould
The CIH Podcast episode 24 – Making a house a home: Tackling furniture poverty in social housing - why and how?
Join our panellists whilst they discuss what furniture poverty is, why it’s important for housing providers to take note of the issue and busting some of the myths from older schemes. Our host Sarah Davis, senior policy officer at CIH is joined by Claire Donovan, director at End Furniture Poverty, Ian Rice, service manager financial support for tenancy and financial support service at North Tyneside Council and Paul Aitkin, group commercial manager at Karbon Homes. For more information on ending furniture poverty visit https://endfurniturepoverty.org/
The CIH Podcast episode 23 – Domestic abuse and housing
In this latest episode of the CIH Podcast we uncover how the housing sector has answered the call to regulation changes around domestic abuse over the last few years, and how day to day the service offer of providers has changed. Hearing what impact this has had on authority budgets and staffing challenges.
You can also read a recent report by Kelly Henderson, one of our panel guests on alternative programmes for working with perpetrators: https://drivepartnership.org.uk/publication/lessons-learned-from-the-restart-programme-and-key-standards-for-developing-a-perpetrator-housing-pathway/
CIH Futures podcast episode four - Celebrating women in the housing sector
Join a panel of CIH Futures females who discuss National Careers Week and International Women's Day and what it takes for women to succeed in the housing sector.
The CIH Podcast episode 22 - In conversation with regional groups: What does getting involved with CIH look like?
Tune in to our latest podcast with CIH’s Becky Fraser as she is joined by three of CIH’s involved members. Thomas Sutton, Lauren Parrett and Hony Premlal all discuss why they are involved with CIH and as it’s National Careers Week talk us through why and how they came into the housing sector.
The CIH Podcast episode 21 – Homelessness in the asylum and immigration system
Join your host Liam Turner, CIH’s digital editor as he discusses the state of homelessness in the asylum and immigration system with his guest panel. This podcast welcomes Bridget Young, director at NACCOM and Kate Wareing, chief executive at Soha Housing.
