Housed: The Shared Living Podcast

Send us Fan Mail At the start of 2025, we made some bold predictions about what the year would bring for shared living, student accommodation, renting, and higher education. Now the year is behind us — so it’s time to look back. In this episode, Sarah Canning, Deenie Lee and Dan Smith revisit our 2025 predictions: - what really happened with the Renters’ Rights Act - whether the government made pr...

Send us Fan Mail Our special bonus episode brings together some of the sharpest minds in the sector for a timely and thought-provoking conversation on where student accommodation is heading next. Sarah Canning, Deenie Lee and Dan Smith are joined by Timothy Owen of Birmingham University, Jenny Shaw and Stephen Willis of Kexgill to tackle the big issues shaping the future of student living. In this...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Sarah Canning, Deenie Lee and Dan Smith tackle some of the questions sent it by our listeners. Thank you to Katherine Austin, Clayre Massey, Ross Halliday, Paul Mercer, Dave Amor, Tim Stephens, Kelly-anne Watson and Sam Scott for your questions. We cover: - Marketing to millennial parents  - Do desks still belong in bedrooms?  - HMO responses to notice periods and summe...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah Canning, Deenie Lee and Dan Smith are back in the latest episode of Housed, to discuss:   - Marketplaces & university accommodation - Their reaction to the Budget - is Labour making the housing crisis worse for Renters? - And what exactly is subscription living? Stay up to date on Housed podcast via its LinkedIn page . Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Foun...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Sarah, Dan and Deenie deep dive into; - The battle of amenities - The missing middle - Affordable vs affordable - Being futurists - Void room innovations - And where are all the university courses going? Stay up to date on Housed podcast via its LinkedIn page . Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo. AI Good Management. Sarah Canning a...

Send us Fan Mail The hosts are dissecting a lot in this week's episode - here's a breakdown of what they discussed: - PBSA vs HMOs is the gap going to get wider? - Are we losing the affordable end of the market? - Is the timing of the marketing to students going to shift? - Do we need to get more political as a shared living sector? - Is this the year of the rebooker? - Why is price sett...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode: - The Class Foundation Conference round-up - Sector realism - The affordability slide - Let’s get positive about renting - Plus Ask the Expert on the Renters’ Rights Act with Amanda McNeil Partner, Head of Real Estate, Howard Kennedy LLP. The episode covers data from St. James’s Place Real Life Advice 2025 report and the Knight Frank Student Accommodat...

Send us Fan Mail This week the hosts, discuss what can be learnt from Appleby Blue Almshouse. A high-quality social collective housing for older people in Bermondsey, which has recently been awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize 2025 for it's outward-facing, community-first design.  They discuss: - Reducing loneliness - Tech vs humans - Keeping residents ‘sticky’ - Empowering the next generation St...

Send us Fan Mail Dan Smith is back to join Deenie Lee and Sarah Canning for episode 77 of Housed. As well as hearing about Dan's new arrival, the team discuss: - Labour's pledge to build 1.5 million Homes - The native Student life in 2025/26 report - Whether social media is undervalued as a marketing tool - Operators using box-ticking wellbeing claims - The maintenance loan gap driving a...

Send us Fan Mail In the latest of episode of Housed, Sarah Canning, guest host Brendan Geraghty and Deenie Lee discuss: - Key takeaways from the Bisnow Student Accommodation Summit - Underwriting gaps, slow valuations, and student share assumptions - Rental as a housing laboratory: PBSA, co-living, later living, SFR - Design, density, and standards for families and students - Partnerships with uni...

Send us Fan Mail In the latest of episode of Housed, Sarah Canning, Dan Smith and Deenie Lee discuss: 👉 Living away at university - is there a PR issue? 👉 Why is there a stigma about HMOs? 👉 The key drivers in BTR and Co-living 👉 Should developers and investors be worried about buying getting easier? The episode includes references to the BBC News article 'Why more students like me are ch...

Send us Fan Mail In this week's episode, Dan Smith, Deenie Lee and Sarah Canning discuss: - The Future of Renting - Misleading Market Data in Student Housing - The Nuance Behind the Headlines - Student Financial Struggles and Commuting Trends - Smarter Rent-Setting Strategies Stay up to date on Housed podcast via its LinkedIn page . Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of V...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Dan Smith, Deenie Lee and Sarah Canning cover: - The real definition of co-living; exploring YorSpace in York, where residents share tools, childcare, and even solar panels. -  Ireland's student accommodation market, where legislative intervention including rent caps has effectively halted development despite a projected shortfall of up to 68,000 beds by 2035. - Wh...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah, Dan and Deenie are back with a brand new season of Housed, dissecting and discussing some fresh new topics from the world of shared living.  This week insights: - The impact of the new Housing Secretary - Why does affordable just mean 'old'? - More 18 year olds going to uni = more in student accommodation? - Why has the 25/26 season been tough for PBSA? - Should v...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah, Dan and Deenie are joined by Chris Cater, Richard Ward and Sarah Turner-Jones to talk about the London Masterplan.  This episode was recorded in-front of a live audience at opening of the new Fusion PBSA building in Brent Cross Town. The panel discuss why London is treated so differently to the rest of the UK: - How are different boroughs in London reacting to PBSA? - The t...

Send us Fan Mail The final episode in this special mini series with The Class Foundation and we are asking “How do we cultivate the PBSA sector leaders of tomorrow?” Dan and Sarah are joined by Kelly-anne Watson of The Class Foundation as well as two brilliant leaders from the sector marketing expert Romy Levin and Jon Badge of We are Homes for Students to discuss: - An introduction to community h...

Send us Fan Mail In episode two in this three-part mini series we are focusing on regional frameworks and some of the lessons learned from the key four markets of the UK, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands. Dan, Deenie and Sarah are joined by Kelly-anne Watson and Frank Uffen to discuss: • National action frameworks being developed to coordinate housing responses in key European markets • UK faces c...

Send us Fan Mail Housed has partnered up with The Class Foundation to bring you a special three-part mini series, getting under the skin of the importance of student housing strategy across Europe and warming the shared living sector up for the The Class Conference 2025 taking place in Lisbon this November.  In this episode 'Reinforcing Europe', Dan, Deenie and Sarah are joined by Kelly-...

Send us Fan Mail For the last episode in season four of Housed we opened the floor to our listeners and asked them to send in any questions. A huge thank you to Matt Burton of UPP, Seb Horst of Host, Benjamin Hall of LOFT, Noella Colingridge and Tom Ferber of HOMIE for contributing. Sarah, Dan and Deenie discuss: - Is a uni residential experience still a priority? - Is neurodiversity being conside...

Send us Fan Mail Technology should be transforming the shared living sector, with AI presenting both opportunities and challenges for marketing professionals across PBSA and BTR. We explore how artificial intelligence will reshape property operations while emphasizing the human skills needed to thrive in this changing landscape. But without the right training in place, we could all end up lost.  •...

Send us Fan Mail The Housed Podcast team examines sustainability in shared living by comparing Glastonbury Festival's impressive renewable energy achievements with the current state of PBSA and BTR sectors, questioning why purpose-built accommodation struggles with basic green initiatives. • Many PBSA and BTR operators pay lip service to sustainability without implementing meaningful changes...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah, Dan and Deenie are back for episode 65, this week's episode covers: How UAE student restrictions are sending shockwaves through the UK university system. Several institutions falling outside the global top 200 rankings—including UCLan, City University, and Heriot-Watt—now face losing hundreds of international students who provide essential income. With 61% of UK univer...

Send us Fan Mail Latest Housed episode with special guest Jonathan Burridge, Co-Founder and CEO of Utopi. Sarah, Dan and Deenie are joined by Jonathan to discuss digital solutions to sustainability in shared living, the key themes covered in this episode include: Smart buildings aren't just collecting data—they're transforming how we live. In this compelling conversation with Jonathan Bu...

Send us Fan Mail Stepping away from remote recording, the Housed - Shared Living Podcast team gathers in-person at a London studio to tackle pressing issues reshaping the shared accommodation landscape in Episode 63. Following energetic feedback from their UKREiiF coverage, the hosts reveal ongoing conversations to create a dedicated hub for PBSA, BTR, and co-living sectors at future events. This...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 62! And this week the hosts, Deenie, Sarah and Dan are discussing some of the content and themes from UKREiiF and all the shared living news from the last couple of weeks including: - The highs and lows of UKREiiF  - Is PBSA less sexy than BTR and coliving? - Is the night time economy considered when designing spaces?  - Will the UK see a bounce from international students...