In this episode, we speak to Edith England (Cardiff Met University) and Neil Turnbull (Cardiff University) about LGBTQ+ housing and homeless. Edith and Neil talk us through their latest research project, which included an extensive survey of over 1000 young LGBTQ+ people about their housing situations. We talk about the policy and legislative landscape and explore what is needed to make the system fair.

Podcast notes

LGBTQ+ Homelessness Survey: https://www.instagram.com/lgbtqplushomelessnesssurvey/

UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence -

BLOG: Is queer theory relevant to LGBTQ+ homelessness? By Edith England, Neil Turnbull, Oliver Townsend. Jul 2023. https://housingevidence.ac.uk/is-queer-theory-relevant-to-lgbtq-homelessness/

BLOG: What don’t we know about LGBTQ+ homelessness (and how you can help us address that). By Edith England and Neil Turnbull. Jun 2023. https://housingevidence.ac.uk/what-dont-we-know-about-lgbtq-homelessness-and-how-you-can-help-us-address-that/

Previous episodes referenced -

with Rhiannon Sims: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hos-cache/episodes/Live-at-Scotlands-Housing-Festival-with-Rhiannon-Sims--Crisis-Scotland-e2i4ihe

with Kelly Henderson: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hos-cache/episodes/Domestic-Abuse-With-Kelly-Henderson--Addressing-Domestic-Abuse-e1umrd3/a-a9ac86q

Book reference in this episode -

In The Dreamhouse by Carmen Maria Machado: https://serpentstail.com/work/in-the-dream-house/

More information coming soon about the research report and future focus groups.

For this special episode we were delighted to be invited by the Chartered Institute of Housing to record live amongst the bustle of Scotland’s Housing Festival. We were joined by then Senior Policy Officer for Crisis Scotland, Rhiannon Sims. We spoke to Rhiannon about equalities in the current Scottish Housing Climate, about the concept of “reasonableness” and disadvantage in accessing housing and homelessness, and connecting knowledge with practice.

Podcast notes:

Crisis Scotland

https://www.crisis.org.uk/about-us/scotland/

Fund to Leave (now closed to applications)

https://womensaid.scot/information-support/fund-to-leave/#:~:text=The%20Fund%20to%20Leave%20is%20there%20to%20provide%20the%20money,options%20when%20experiencing%20domestic%20abuse.

Furnishing Futures

https://furnishingfutures.org/

Homes for Scotland – Existing Housing Need in Scotland

https://homesforscotland.com/our-work/existinghousingneedinscotland/

Housing to 2040

https://www.gov.scot/publications/housing-2040-2/

I-SPHERE Research Institute

Website: https://i-sphere.site.hw.ac.uk/

Research report: Hard Edges: The reality for women affected by severe and multiple disadvantage: https://i-sphere.site.hw.ac.uk/2024/02/08/the-reality-for-women-affected-by-severe-and-multiple-disadvantage/

In The Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado

https://serpentstail.com/work/in-the-dream-house/

Rock Trust: Upstream

https://www.rocktrust.org/news-upstream-scotland/

Shelter Scotland

Website: https://scotland.shelter.org.uk/

Research: Minoritised ethnic access to social housing in Scotland at key transition points: https://scotland.shelter.org.uk/professional_resources/policy_library/minoritised_ethnic_access_to_social_housing_in_scotland_research

In this episode we speak to Emma Hock, Research Follow at the University of Sheffield, about her work looking at housing insecurity and its impacts on the health and wellbeing of children and young people. Amongst her findings, she discusses impacts including isolation, loss of friendship, negative effects on mental health, and access to education and healthcare. She also looks at what families are doing to improve the lives of young people, and what housing providers could be doing better to support them to mitigate the negative effects.

Notes

You can find the evidence review here.

Information on the Renters Reform Bill can be found here:

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmcomloc/624/report.html

https://housingevidence.ac.uk/publications/the-impact-of-regulatory-reform-on-the-private-rented-sector/

Information about research funded by Battersea Dogs and Cats Home on the benefits of pet ownership in rental accommodation can be found here.

The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) published a working paper exploring people’s housing aspirations and choices.