Equality in Housing

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

Housing Ombudsman

National Housing

Orbit: https://www.orbitcustomerhub.org.uk/about-us/

Tenant Satisfaction

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 takes a zoomed out look at equality in housing in Scotland through a third sector lens.

Shelter Scotland - https://scotland.shelter.org.uk/

Third Sector Human Rights and Equalities (THRE) - https://thre.org.uk/

Positive Action in Housing https://www.paih.org/

Minoritised ethnic access to social housing in Scotland at key transition points - Report by Shelter Scotland

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 migrants in the UK, and the exclusions and displacement that they face.

The Migrant Youth Integration in Europe project

MIMY Project: https://www.mimy-project.eu/

MIMY Project - Peer research: https://www.mimy-project.eu/partners/peer-research 

MIMY Project - Outcomes: https://www.mimy-project.eu/outcomes/public-deliverables 

University of Sheffield

Migration Research Group: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/migration-research-group 

MIMY Partner profile: https://www.mimy-project.eu/partners/consortium/usfd 

Other Organisations

Chilypep: https://chilypep.org.uk/

Football Unites, Racism Divides: https://furd.org/ 

Migration Matters Festival: https://www.migrationmattersfestival.co.uk/ 

Stand & Be Counted Theatre: https://www.sbctheatre.co.uk/organisation

Young People Together:

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 this conversation with Emily in June 2023, before the Illegal Migration Bill was passed into law in July.

AMIF Project: https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/funding/asylum-migration-and-integration-funds/asylum-migration-and-integration-fund-2021-2027_en 

[RE] Illegal Migration Act:

https://scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/illegal-migration-bill-set-to-become-law/ 

New Scots Strategy: https://newscots.scot/ 

[Research] Queen Margaret University: Psychosocial Wellbeing, Integration and Protection Cluster https://www.qmu.ac.uk/research-and-knowledge-exchange/research-centres-institutes-and-knowledge-exchange-centres/institute-for-global-health-and-development/psychosocial-wellbeing-integration-and-protection-cluster/ 

AMIF New Scots: A Pathway to Social and Economic Inclusion:  https://miscintegrationresearch.org/newscots 

Scottish Refugee Council: https://scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/ 

Principles for a fair and humane asylum system: https://scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/working-for-change/policy-campaigns/about-our-policy-and-research-work/ 

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 and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014

Petition to extend aftercare for previously looked after young people and remove the continue care age cap

Clan Childlaw – Scotland’s law centre for children and young people

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 communities in academia.

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: https://resiliencelearningpartnership.co.uk/

Podcast notes:

Sexuality, gender identity and homelessness: Incidence, experience and evidence of homelessness among LGBTQ+ people by Michael Sanders, Ella Whelan Alba Murcia, Louise Jones: https://www.homelessnessimpact.org/post/lgbtq-people-are-more-likely-to-experience-homelessness

What Works for Children’s Social Care https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/

Invisible Women by Caroline Criada Perez https://carolinecriadoperez.com/book/invisible-women/

Homelessness Case Level Collection (H-CLIC) https://analysisfunction.civilservice.gov.uk/government-statistical-service-and-statistician-group/user-facing-pages/mhclg-homelessness-statistics-user-forum/

Albert Kennedy Trust: https://www.akt.org.uk/what-we-do

Vaxxers by Sarah Gilbert and Catherine Green https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/sarah-gilbert/vaxxers/9781529369885/

Podcast notes:

The Downs Syndrome Act https://www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/our-work/campaigning/the-down-syndrome-act/

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 meaningfully engage services.