Episode 2.6 The Bill That Never Stops Comings with Jenny Danson

<p>The greatest cost of an unhealthy home is not the electricity bill, but the lasting impact on the people living inside it.</p><p>In this episode, I speak with <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jenny-danson&ved=2ahUKEwjEmdCxwYGWAxUbUPUHHUIVIsoQFnoECA0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2T327hOGzWKQ0-H8Xj3Tk1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Jenny Danson</a>, Founder and CEO of the <a href="https://healthyhomeshub.uk" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">UK’s Healthy Homes Hub</a> and Innovation Champion at the 2026 Housing Innovation Awards. </p><p>Drawing on Jenny’s UK experience in a system with around 4.2 million social housing homes, the conversation explores what Australia can learn from treating housing as a health issue, not just a financial asset, and what happens when that approach fails.</p><p><strong>These are the questions at the heart of the conversation:</strong></p><ul><li>What changed after the death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak, and why did his family’s struggle for repairs become a national turning point?</li><li>Why do invisible risks such as poor indoor air quality and radon remain outside many housing decisions?</li><li>What is missed when mould, heat, cold, fire and electrical hazards are treated as isolated defects?</li><li>Could maintenance data and Internet of Things sensors help providers act before residents become seriously unwell?</li><li>Is Australia designing homes for today’s climate, or for the more extreme heat and health risks of the future?</li></ul><p>Listen to discover who ultimately pays the bill for unhealthy housing, and learn what must change before today’s housing problems become tomorrow’s health crisis.</p>