Glasgow Housing Association

Duncan Mclennan: Privatising Glasgow council housing stock was a wise choice

Duncan Maclennan, widely regarded as an international expert on housing policies, is Emeritus Professor of Urban Economics and Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow, says there is a ‘wicked crisis’ in rental housing in most British cities that involves not just growing shortages and rising rent burdens but, also, deteriorating quality and diminished investment in council housing.