We all have a sense of the emotional importance of home, captured in the phrase ‘home is where the heart is’. When social landlords are… Read More »Call for participants for ‘Feeling at Home’ an independently funded research project
The link takes you to resources from Homeless Link, and they are well worth a read if you want to explore the ideas of trauma-informed… Read More »Trauma-Informed Care and Psychologically Informed Environments – reports from Homeless Link
Sharda Rozena conducted her research on the gentrification of Lancaster West Estate, which includes Grenfell Tower, and the displacements that occurred before, during and after… Read More »Grenfell – not one but multiple stories of displacement
The Rethinking Homes Network offers training based on cutting-edge research. Below is a list of our training in November 2022. Doing differently starts with thinking… Read More »November 2022 Training from the Rethinking Homes Network
In this article from Social Housing Matters, Dr Gaby Wolferink makes a case for landlords to stop referring to tenants as vulnerable. In the article,… Read More »Can we please stop calling tenants vulnerable!
In this article, Hannah Absalom reflects on a knowledge exchange visit to a Florentine innovation lab facilitated by Euniwell, the European University for Well-being. At… Read More »Social Innovation Labs – Well-being through Collaboration and Conflict
This article by Hannah Green describes her experiences as a homeless young person. At the Rethinking Homes Network, we think that social landlords would benefit… Read More »Homeless young people – understanding their experiences
In the first of an ongoing series centring on tenants’ experiences of housing and ideas for change is a writing by Melanie. Melanie is a… Read More »The Housing Trap
Tenant participation has been scrutinised in the social housing white paper (Ministry of Housing Communities & Local Government 2020). Problems regarding landlords not listening to… Read More »Citizen Science – a way to reinvigorate tenant participation?
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) undertake excellent research into poverty and social change. They also run a housing association. Here are a few links to… Read More »Poverty and Stigma Resources from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation