Housed: The Shared Living Podcast

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The 'Disappointing' Budget, The PBSA Balancing Act and The Future Demand for Student Accommodation

2026-11-0650:49

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee recorded this episode from Amsterdam and Dan Smith joining virtually. 🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NX5UYd29nmI What we cover this week: - The Budget: Disappointingly, little was announced for shared rental living. We share our thoughts on what it means for the sector. - The PBSA balancing act: We explore Knight Frank’s latest Student Accommodation Outlook and the challenges facing the sector in a changing market. - Have the goalposts moved? UCAS Octob...

Occupancy is Sanity, Policy Attention in Renting and Coliving Demographics Segregation

2026-10-2350:26

The topics we cover this week: - Occupancy is sanity - Unite Group plc Q3 results should indicate to the sector that occupancy not revenue is the way forward. - Is renting finally getting policy attention - we dissect the Prospser Housing Commission. - Do we really need to segregate different demographics when living in coliving? - Reflections from the Coliving Conference plus the The Class Foundation Conference preview Meet the hosts Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Foun...

Is rent actually cheaper than we think? Are renters getting older? Warning signs from Spain and Resident comms strategies

2026-10-1652:42

This week's Housed episode is all about insights as we deep dive into COHO State of Shared Living 2026 report, and The Property Marketing Strategists Youth Forum report on students’ communication preferences. The topics we cover: - Is rent actually really cheap (compared to hostels) and do we need to build some context into student accommodation rent and lifestyle for a younger demographic? - The new trend for older sharers and other insight from the COHO State of Shared Living 2026 report -...

The HMO Loophole Impacting PBSAs - The Unintended Renters' Rights Impact, What 'Affordable' Rent Means and Why Isn't There 'Help to Rent'?

2026-10-0935:45

In this week's episode we are talking about: - The HMO loophole that may impact PBSA bookings. - Have we discovered the number of what 'affordable' rent actually means? - And we ask: if there’s help to buy, why isn’t there help to rent? Meet the hosts Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI. Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property. Follow Housed and stay up to date with ne...

Private Rental Sector: Growing or Shrinking - We are Confused! A Future Vision for Later Living and the Latest StuRents PBSA Data

2026-10-0547:55

Listen to our latest episode as we delve into some of the latest headlines in the shared living sector and discuss; - Whether there should be a long-term vision for rented later living - Whether the private rented sector is actually growing or shrinking – different news stories give opposing accounts, so what is the reality? - And we dig into the latest StuRents PBSA data. Meet the hosts Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI. Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are D...

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