Equality in Housing

In this episode our hosts Dr Gareth Young ( UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence ) and Pedro Cameron ( Tenants Information Service ) are joined by Jack Mason who is the LGBTQ+ Housing Pledge Project Co‑ordinator for Stonewall Housing. In this episode Jack talks about the work that Stonewall Housing do, drawing on the latest data from their Impact Report, as well as talking about the differ...

In this episode of Equality in Housing, hosts Gareth Young ( UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence ) and Pedro Cameron ( Tenants Information Service ) are joined by Dr Sacha Hasan , Assistant Professor of Human Geography at Heriot-Watt University. Sacha's work centres around inclusive placemaking, just urbanism and wellbeing. In this conversation, our hosts speak with Sacha about a rece...

In this episode of Equality in Housing, hosts Gareth Young (UK Centre for Housing Evidence) and Pedro Cameron (Tenants Information Service) are joined by Kai Jackson who authored ‘Is There a Seat at the Table?’ report in her capacity as Tpas Associate. Kai led on this work exploring the underrepresentation of ethnic minority tenants in formal engagement structures within the UK social housing sect...

In this episode of Equality in Housing , hosts Gareth Young (UK Centre for Housing Evidence) and Pedro Cameron (Tenants Information Service) are joined by Professor Vikki McCall from the University of Stirling. Vikki shares insights from the Intersectional Stigma of Place-based Ageing (ISPA) project , a groundbreaking five-year study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. We explore t...

In this episode we are joined by Alice Tooms-Moore, Senior Advocacy Officer from Shelter Scotland, and Lucy Hughes, Policy and Parliamentary Manager from Engender. In This episode we'll talk to Alice and Lucy about their recent report, Gender and the Housing Emergency, as well as exploring what the housing emergency looks like in Scotland, and in particular from a gendered perspective.

In this episode, we speak to Janet Haugh, CEO of Right There. We chat to Janet about a new report published to mark 200 years of the charity. We talk about their work and the impact it has had over the years.

Equality in Housing returns for Series 2 with a conversation with Mushtaq Khan, Chief Executive of Housing Diversity Network. Pedro and Gareth spoke to Mushtaq about the work of HDN, the opportunities presented for the housing landscape by a new government, and the role housing associations should play in responding to racism, particularly in the context of the UK riots of 2024. https://www.housin...

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...

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...

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 ar...

For our first episode of 2024, we have a conversation with Francis Burrows, Director of Support and Service Development for Housing Association Orbit.  Francis talks about the work the organisation does to engage with their tenants, particularly underrepresented groups, and how that work informs their policies and processes in how they support them. Notes: Housing Ombudsman Special Report on Rochd...

This special episode was recorded in front of a Live Audience at SCVO’s The Gathering event at the EICC in Edinburgh. We are joined by a panel of speakers, comprising of Gordon MacRae, Assistant Director of Shelter Scotland, Aer Nicholson Clasby, who leads on Third Sector Human Rights and Equalities, and Iain Chisholm, New Migrants Action Project Leader at Positive Action in Housing. This episode...

In this bonus episode, following on from our episode with Emily Edwards of the Scottish Refugee Council, we speak to Ryan Powell, Reader in Urban Studies in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the University of Sheffield. Ryan spoke to us about the Migrant Youth Integration in Europe project, the research undertaken by the project, and the findings around the experience of young migran...

In this episode, we have a sobering conversation with Emily Edwards, Housing Development Officer for the Scottish Refugee Council. Emily spoke about the current challenges in claiming asylum in the UK, further challenges in the supply and standard of housing for refugees and migrants, and the importance of community integration, amongst a host of other things. A note on this episode, we recorded t...

In this episode, we have a great conversation with Megan Moffat, Policy and Public Affairs officer for Who Cares? Scotland. Megan tells us about the specific issues faced by Care Leavers in accessing housing, the role of local authorities as a guardian for people in care, and the fight to recognise being care experienced as a protected characteristic. Podcast notes Who Cares? Scotland The Children...

In this episode, we talk to Amy Rich, Communities and Campaigns Officer for the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights. We talk to Amy about their recent report on Ethnicity and Homelessness, and the rates and unique causes of homelessness for Ethnic Minorities in Scotland. She talks about the need for more research and data around this topic, and the need to include people living in these commu...

In this episode, we speak to Anthony Morrow, Community Connector Manager for Sanctuary Scotland. Anthony spoke to us about Sanctuary’s Housing and Community Connector role, which has been rolled out across the UK, and how it has enabled the organisation to transform their trauma-informed practice. Podcast Notes: Sanctuary Scotland: https://scotland.sanctuary.co.uk/ Resilience Learning Partnership:...

In this episode we speak to Michael Sanders, Professor of Public Policy at King’s College London, and one of the authors of the Centre for Homelessness Impact’s report on Sexuality, Gender Identity and Homelessness. We talk to Michael about the lack of data surrounding LGBTQ+ people who experience homelessness, the challenges of collecting that data, and measures that can be taken to improve the s...

In this episode of Equality in Housing, we are delighted to be speaking with James Carter and Liz Crowter about what it means to live independently, and some of the challenges that James and his mother-in-law Liz have faced in trying to make this happen. James lives with his partner Heidi, and both have Down's Syndrome. Following on from the Down's Syndrome Act 2022, which will have implic...

In this episode we speak to Rohini Sharma Joshi. Rohini is an experienced equalities consultant who has been a prominent figure in Scottish Housing for over 30 years, and was awarded an OBE in the 2022 New Years Honours list. We spoke to Rohini about the barriers ethnic minority older people face around housing, and how research, both existing and future, can improve their ability to access and me...

In this episode, we talk to Charlie McMillan, Chief Executive of the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD). Charlie spoke to us about the challenges finding accommodation for people with learning disabilities, in terms of availability and system design, and the value of joined up, holistic approaches. He also talks about SCLD’s “Include for Good” project, which aims to c...

In this episode we talk to Janice Stevenson. Janice is a Development Officer at LGBT Youth Scotland. LGBT Youth Scotland is a youth work service, providing youth groups for LGBT young people across Scotland. Janice’s work focuses on influencing policy in Scotland for LGBT youth populations. In this conversation we discuss discrimination in housing for LGBT people, challenges with people not recogn...

In this conversation we’re joined by Kelly Henderson, founder and CEO of Addressing Domestic Abuse (ADA), a community interest company providing bespoke support to social housing providers and associated supply chains to identify and respond to domestic abuse. Today we talk about the work Kelly has done with victims and survivors of Domestic Abuse, the ways in which organisations need to work holi...

In this episode, we speak to Dr Steve Rolfe about the experiences of veterans when accessing housing and veterans’ homelessness and the work Steve has done to create the Veteran’s Homelessness Prevention Pathway. The conversation explores the current debates in veterans’ housing in the UK, and explores some of the challenges that research has highlighted and we talk more about the need for continu...

For our first conversation proper, Pedro Cameron and Dr Gareth Young talk to Chief Executive of Scottish charity Housing Options Scotland, Moira Bayne. With Moira we discuss the history of the charity, which offers housing advice and information to people with disabilities, older people and members of the Armed Forces across Scotland. Moira shares her thoughts on the power of knowledge, the import...