How is instability in the housing sector impacting our own workforce?

Inside Housing is surveying housing staff on their personal housing conditions, which has got me reflecting on how much life for a young person in our sector has changed since I was young.

Earlier in the year I facilitated a few ‘campfire’ sessions for the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) at the Scottish Housing Festival. One session that stuck in my mind was on the changing role of the housing officer, which was attended by people at different stages of their careers.

At my end of the age spectrum, a man described his first job in housing, working for a local authority in Kent and spending his days riding around the Kent countryside on a motorbike, collecting rent. 

This was followed by a young woman who is currently a housing officer in Glasgow – I think (the young have better memories on the whole). She talked about working with people in acute need of food, money, mental health support, as well as social care, help to escape cuckooing, addictions and much more.

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