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Housing and Social Inclusion: old issues; new research

Dr Alison Jarvis JRF Programme Manager. Housing and Social Inclusion: old issues; new research. Picture credit: Chris Steele-Perkins/Magnum. Today's Structure: Where JRF come from Old issues, new research… Space Homelessness Initial access … and implications of welfare reform.

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Housing and Social Inclusion: old issues; new research

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  1. Dr Alison Jarvis JRF Programme Manager Housing and Social Inclusion: old issues; new research Picture credit: Chris Steele-Perkins/Magnum

  2. Today's Structure: Where JRF come from Old issues, new research… • Space • Homelessness • Initial access … and implications of welfare reform old issues; new research

  3. Where we come from

  4. Our founder

  5. JRF's origins: The Village Trust

  6. Place issues still central: Why? The place where someone lives is central to their quality of life.

  7. Space

  8. "What should we worry about when we worry about housing problems?" Britain’s housing system is in crisis. However it was also in crisis twenty years ago when Rebecca Tunstall began working in research, and a century ago when Joseph Rowntree established his trusts in York. Britain’s residents and those who make housing policy face numerous, reoccurring and sometimes contradictory housing problems – high costs, falling prices, insecurity, immobility, low quality and rising expectations. Introduction to inaugural lecture by Rebecca Tunstall

  9. Space distribution: In absolute terms, overcrowding has improved dramatically over the course of the last century But how has available space fared in relative terms? Gap between top and bottom bears comparison with another era: Source: Rebecca Tunstall, 2012

  10. Housing problems amongst families with disabled children: Source: Oldman & Beresford, 2003

  11. Homelessness

  12. Statutory Homelessness… Source: Martin Evan's blog

  13. Visible Homelessness… 'Visible' homelessness commonly happens after long-term contact with non-housing organisations e.g. mental health, drug agencies, criminal justice, social services. Traumatic childhood experiences (homelessness, abuse, neglect) feature in most street homeless people's life histories. In adulthood, reported incidence of mental ill-being is high: • 80% of people using homelessness support services experience anxiety/depression • Over 33% have attempted suicide … more than a housing issue. Source: JRF/ESRC programme 2011

  14. 98% homelessness Complex Lives… Source: Fitzpatrick et al. Census Questionnaire Survey, 2010 47% 70% substance misuse 67% street culture 62% institutional setting

  15. Initial Access

  16. Predictions for young people (aged 18-30) in 2020… Source: Clapham et al 2011

  17. A differential private rented sector… Source: Clapham et al, 2011

  18. The ‘so what?’ question… Without fundamental reform to the housing system to create suitable options, young people in 2020 will be increasingly marginalised in a badly functioning housing system; Three groups of young people will be particularly hard hit: Source: Clapham et al, 2011

  19. … and Welfare Reform

  20. Thank you for listening STAYING IN TOUCH… Website: www.jrf.org.uk Email: alison.jarvis@jrf.org.uk Twitter: @jrf_uk @alyjar

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