Housed: The Shared Living Podcast

Send us Fan Mail We have another deep dive episode of Housed this week - and for this one we are discussing everything coliving with our expert guest Bart Sasim, Co-founder and Managing Director of Coliving Ventures BV  Coliving has been an ongoing theme on the podcast and is a really hot topic right now, so we wanted to dig a little deeper and demystify some of the myths surrounding it. In this e...

Send us Fan Mail A special announcement episode - hear about our plans for 2027 and how you can be part of it.  To register your interest as a partner please fill in this form . 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 the role of Marketing in Property. Who...

Send us Fan Mail In today's special episode Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are joined by Jonathan McDiarmid and Sebastian Loyn of YTL Developments (UK) Limited as they explore Brabazon - the ambitious new town to the North of Bristol.  Brabazon is one of the UK's most ambitious regeneration projects, but today's discussion isn't really about the buildings that will make up this e...

Send us Fan Mail Find out what your tenants really understand about renting and how the sector can close the knowledge gap in this special deep-dive episode. Dan Smith and Sarah Canning chat to experts, Dani Smith and James Maguire from the team at Housing Hand about its new report Understanding Renters in 2026 and discuss: - The big stats behind renter confusion - Who should teach renters - Affor...

Send us Fan Mail This week's conversations are inspired by the recent industry events the hosts attended as we discuss: - Why postgraduate demand falling (down around 8% in 2024) should be on every operator’s radar. - How commuter students rising to 31% changes the true picture of housing need. - Why planning decisions can still disconnect from what actually fills beds. - How leasing strategy...

Send us Fan Mail For this episode, Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee sit down with Debra Yudolph, CEO of SAY Property Consultants and Esme Webb, Director of hereSAY to unpack the UK’s first PBSA Mystery Shopping Benchmark report and to discuss why measuring the lead to lease journey is the most powerful metric operators and investors can unleash. This is a must-listen conversation for anyone working in...

Send us Fan Mail Two weeks on from the Housed Summit at UKREiiF; Sarah Canning and Dan Smith talk with Shaan Clarke, Director of Sales, Marketing and Resident Experience at Collegiate UK and Sean McKeown, CIO, Arlington Group about the forces reshaping shared living, from affordability pressure to the rising bar for resident experience. This episode covers;  - What actually creates value for stude...

Send us Fan Mail The final live podcast recording from UKREiiF. Sarah Canning, Dan Smith and Deenie Lee are closing out the Housed Shared Living Summit with a candid, tired, and upbeat debrief on what we heard across three days of shared living conversations. We connect the dots between building safety, regulation, resident experience, marketing change, and the practical steps the sector can take...

Send us Fan Mail Our second live special episode of Housed recorded at UKREiiF and this time we are joined by some experts in the sector Sam Scott, Managing Director, This is Fresh and George Dyer, Group Investment Director, Watkin Jones Group. This is a live reaction session unpacking the biggest debates and emerging themes from UKREiiF, we discuss: - What is the sentiment from UKREiiF so far? -...

Send us Fan Mail The first out of three live episodes being recorded from the Housed Shared Living Summit in-front of an audience of listeners and on day one of UKREiiF, we give an unfiltered view of the shared living sector and the threads running through our three-day event.  We discuss: - political uncertainty that slows planning - regulatory pressure from building safety and renters’ rights re...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we are breaking down the standout themes from some of real estate recent conferences, including:  - The Association for Rental Living Tech Conference; including where AI goes beyond resident comms and into planning, development, and even the legal work behind projects.  - LD Events Property Student Housing Conference; we talk affordability as the real crisis, the “value...

Send us Fan Mail We celebrated reaching 100 episodes by recording a special episode at the Laughing Around podcast studio in-front of a live audience made up of our fabulous partners, friends and listeners. You can also watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BQ1iAEfgkUs In this episode we reflect back on why we started the podcast and what has changed since our initial conversations, we also cover:...

Send us Fan Mail With less than 3 weeks to go until the Housed Summit taking place at UKREiiF in Leeds, this week we are focusing on the three-day event and what's in store for anyone attending. We walk through the venue, the agenda, the big debate panels, and how we’re designing the experience around real networking and real takeaways. You can also hear from some of our partners, speakers an...

Send us Fan Mail For this week's episode, Deenie Lee and Dan Smith sat down with Fred-Lerche Lerchenborg, CEO of Lavanda to discuss one of the biggest shifts happening in student accommodation right now – term-time short and mid-length stays.  Term-time short stays are moving from a summer bolt-on to a core PBSA strategy, and the data shows the biggest demand isn’t “commuter students” but lon...

Send us Fan Mail Send us Fan Mail We're back! After a 2 week break over the Easter holidays the latest Housed episode is out now. On this episode we are delighted to be joined by Billy FitzJohn - Associate Director at Howden to discuss the Howden Student Happiness Index 2025/26. This unique piece of research offers the sector insights into how happy students are, what worries them and what mo...

Send us Fan Mail We're tackling some of the tougher topics this week, including: - Why first impressions of student accommodation count? - Does the sector prepare students for shared living? - Why is it so hard to build PBSA or BTR right now? - Is there an energy crisis? This episode includes data from The Property Marketing Strategists Youth Forum on Gen Z's First Impressions of Accommo...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, Dan fills us in on the RETCON real estate technology and innovation conference he attended and tells us why the UK are so far behind the US when it comes to using AI in this sector.   We're are also discussing: - Attitudes to renting are changing — but is the sector keeping up? - Does student accommodation still equal thriving high streets? - And...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah, Dan and Deenie are discussing: - BTR viability warning - Catastrophic warning signs for the housing market - Scaremongering headlines (again) - Is the cost of first year student accommodation influencing commuters? - Study visa changes Stay up to date on Housed podcast via the website and LinkedIn page   Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo. A...

Send us Fan Mail With a deep dive into two different industry reports; hereSAY BTR leasing benchmarking report and COHO - The UK Loneliness Report 2026.  We discuss: - Is the sector lacking in sales skills?  - Is blended living actually wanted? - The Unite Students barometer of PBSA health - The simple solution to reduce loneliness in shared living. We are also celebrating reaching 25,000 download...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we're catching up on the numerous events we've recently attended including; the Sheppard Robson PBSA round table 'How can fresh thinking unlock viability?', the Amber webinar hosted by Urban Living News on all-inclusive energy and the QX Global Group Student Accommodation Insights Evening. We are also talking about the latest white paper by Utopi; Th...

Send us Fan Mail With Dan Smith back from his trip to PropTech Connect in Dubai (and nearly staying until 6th March - full story in episode!), we get the lowdown on the event as well as discussing: - Immersive sales tools, do they boost conversion or are they are waste of money? - The negative outcomes of rent controls; why the 'missing middle' can't be solved by slogans - The Stude...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode we are are dissecting the Rental Living Salary Guide 2026 from deverellsmith and SAY Property Consultants and asking; - How do operators balance the want for flexible working with operating buildings? - Are the operational demands and responsibilities reflective in job titles and salaries? - And is the sector making it clear what progression and career...

Send us Fan Mail China is one of the most misunderstood markets for student housing, BTR,  universities and the wider rental living sectors - we wanted to bust some of the myths surrounding this market and, in true Housed style, dig deeper and get some practical takeaways to share with the sector. We learnt so much from this conversation with Sam Rason, CEO of VIVA - Mini Programs and Gabriel Nick...

Send us Fan Mail We recorded this week's episode of Housed at Distorted podcast studio. Listen to hear our views and thoughts on some of the latest news from the world of shared living and more importantly to find out whether Dan Smith actually read this week's show notes...?? Here's what we are discussing: - How do we design rental homes that people can actually afford to love? We...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Sarah Canning, Deenie Lee and Dan Smith look ahead to what 2026 will really mean for shared living — across PBSA, Build to Rent, co-living, university accommodation and later living. We are sharing our predictions for this year: - Where PBSA is likely to feel pressure — and where it will thrive - How BTR continues to evolve as a mainstream rental product - Why co-...