🚨🧵With Mel Nowicki & Fraser William Curry I have been uncovering the scandal that are local authority rules on housing allocation which are banning thousands of indebted homeless families in England from social housing. Thanks Vicky Spratt for exposure: inews.co.uk/news/housing/c…

"It should be shameful that this Christmas more than 159,000 children will be living in temporary accommodation. It should be a national conversation. We must do better"Laura Neilson Read the Big Issue article featuring the story of one of our families: bigissue.com/news/housing/t…

.Florence Eshalomi MP: 'Why did you freeze the local housing allowance rate? According to reports, 160,000 children will wake up on Christmas day in temporary accommodation.' PM Keir Starmer: 'The govt are putting in extra money to deal with this issue.' trib.al/aoQWh2U

Sadly council housing is doomed unless there is serious government action to deal with the historic debt and rents too low to sustain the repairs backlog. Otherwise expect stock transfers to return (which will also require debt right offs)

I'll be speaking with Mel Nowicki at this new domestic abuse community of practice on Wednesday- reporting on our Debt Trap Nation findings in support of changes in social housing allocation for domestic abuse survivors nationally

A statement from our Chair Siobhain McDonagh on Housing, Communities & Local Government Committee's new report on the crisis of children in temporary accommodation. We are pleased to see that the report's recommendations, including a notification protocol, align with those proposed by the APPG. publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmse…

The lack of safeguarding, minimum standards, data and commitment to reducing child mortality in TA has a catastrophic impact on the lives of these children. Florence Eshalomi MP highlighted the need for urgent action to bring an end to this crisis before more innocent lives are lost.

2025 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: USF International Fellowships grant funding! 📢 Deadline: 16/07/25. This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South. Read more & apply here: ow.ly/AYfn50R8oou

📢Launching our new research project "Sensory Lives: Neurodiverse Children and Families in Temporary Accommodation" supported by The Leverhulme Trust at KCL Urban Futures, King's College London with Rosalie Warnock Check out our website with accessibility plug-in: sensorylivesproject.org

What is the future of English cities? Is the future of housing small? 🔍 Our new Economic and Social Research Council study led by Phil Hubbard explores these questions & more. Check out our new website for more info & updates: nospacelikehome.study LinkedIN: linkedin.com/company/106533…

Beautiful day in London - visited The Centre for Social Justice in Smith Square to confirm the launch details for our forthcoming Agenda Publishing book. Debt Trap Nation: Family Homelessness in a Failing State Pre-order is now live: waterstones.com/book/debt-trap…

No one should have to have ‘sleep for dinner’. The UK government must urgently rethink planned cuts to support for disabled people And update Universal Credit so that it protects people from hunger and hardship.

NEW POST: 165,000 children are homeless, many of whom are neurodivergent. Researchers Dr Rosalie Warnock Prof Katherine Brickell want to hear from families of #neurodivergent children who have experience of living in temporary accommodation specialneedsjungle.com/call-evidence-…

"Your life chances from a young age are impacted by constant moving, constant worries, constant stress” Timi, a Londoner, living in temporary accommodation in The New Statesman. The article includes insights from my & Mel Nowicki Debt Trap Nation research newstatesman.com/spotlight/econ…

Thank you to everyone who attended the parliamentary launch of our report "Children Living in Temporary Accommodation: An Absolute Scandal". It was encouraging to see a room full of advocates passionate about ending child homelessness. Read the report: sharedhealthfoundation.org.uk/publications/c…

Child homelessness is still on the rise. There is an urgency to evidencing the impacts of Temporary Accommodation on children. Please share this Call for Evidence on living in TA with neurodivergent children. Thanks to The Leverhulme Trust & Research England for support

📢 Call for Trustees! The Urban Studies Foundation is recruiting new Trustees to join our Board. Deadline for applications: August 8th 2025 Find out more: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/2025/06/13/tru…

Council tax arrears have soared by £600m in the past year, a sign of a broken system. Our polling shows that 41% of low-to-mid income households are worried about paying their council tax, and we are calling for reform. Read our response:  stepchange.org/media-centre/p…

We’re at #Housing2025, 9,000 attendees & Europe’s largest housing festival. Mel Nowicki made the case for statutory change in allocations to ensure domestic abuse survivors are exempted from housing-related debt rules which can bar them from social housing.

📣 Call for Papers: Debt Urbanism & the Housing Question ℹ️ I'm putting together a symposium proposal to The International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR) with co-editors Sarah Klosterkamp & Mel Nowicki 🗓️ Abstract deadline: 22 August 25 🏹 Spread the word!