Episode 2.6 The Bill That Never Stops Comings with Jenny Danson

The greatest cost of an unhealthy home is not the electricity bill, but the lasting impact on the people living inside it.

In this episode, I speak with Jenny Danson, Founder and CEO of the UK’s Healthy Homes Hub and Innovation Champion at the 2026 Housing Innovation Awards.

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.

These are the questions at the heart of the conversation:

• 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?
• Why do invisible risks such as poor indoor air quality and radon remain outside many housing decisions?
• What is missed when mould, heat, cold, fire and electrical hazards are treated as isolated defects?
• Could maintenance data and Internet of Things sensors help providers act before residents become seriously unwell?
• Is Australia designing homes for today’s climate, or for the more extreme heat and health risks of the future?

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.