Q&A Part 1 - planning consent, uncomfortable truths, design reinvention, the people problem and data.

This was going to be the last episode in season 2….a very special episode that we handed over to you, our lovely loyal audience. However, we had so many questions that this is going to be a two-parter with part 2 in the new year.So in the spirit of fairness, names were pulled out of a hat to decide what we answer and in what order. And we have a strict 5 minute timer for each answer. A lot of the questions are topics we have touched on previously so if we don’t quite get deep enough into the detail, check back over our past episodes from 2024 and hopefully we will have covered it all over the course of our two seasons.Does the design of PBSA need a reinvention?When are the people that make the sector what it is get the support, limelight and pay they deserve? What is the uncomfortable truth in the sector no one is talking about?Are key decisions in PBSA being influenced by Higher Education data? Would blanket coliving planning consent instead of PBSA help solve the housing crisis?This episode of Housed is sponsored by Mystudenthalls.com - Search student accommodation across the UKwww.mystudenthalls.com