Commonweal sends open letter to Angela Rayner, Secretary of State at MHCLG
Commonweal Housing, on behalf of 25 housing sector organisations, has sent an open letter to Angela Rayner, the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG), calling for urgent action to improve and enable move-on from homelessness services in to the Private Rented Sector (PRS) for single people. This call…
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Private rented housing “completely depleted”, leaving “forgotten” single homeless people stuck facing years in limbo with no work, no way out, and no hope
Access to low-cost private rented housing across England has become nearly impossible for people living in homelessness accommodation and services, leaving potentially tens of thousands of people stuck in insecure accommodation, without work, and feeling “crushed” and “punished”. No Access, No Way Out – a new report by independent researcher Becky Rice on behalf of…
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Commonweal hiring: Policy and Communications Manager
Commonweal Housing is recruiting a Policy and Communications Manager to join our friendly London-based team. At Commonweal, we use our charitable resources to provide experts and partner organisations with the opportunity to trial and test new approaches designed to enhance housing equality and justice. Independently evaluating each of our projects we share our experiences, using…
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Commonweal supports four University of Birmingham students delving into key housing issues
Four University of Birmingham students receive funding and support to conduct their final-year research projects into critical housing and social policy areas, via Commonweal Housing’s Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary. As the newest recipients of the Bursary for 2024/25, Ellie Childs, Precious Oladimeji, Emma Bull and Lily Soaper will each receive a £2,500 grant and informal…
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The Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary gave me a real drive and inspiration to ‘inhabit’ the research I was doing about Grenfell Tower
My name is Liv Glenny, and I recently graduated from the University of Birmingham, with a BA in Social Policy and Sociology with a Year Abroad. In my final year, I was one of the four grateful recipients of Commonweal Housing’s Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary, which assisted my dissertation research project. Commonweal’s generous gift of…
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The barriers faced by black renters in the north east of England
Jessica Nsana is a recent graduate from the University of Birmingham’s School of Social Policy, who received the Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary from Commonweal in her final year. My name is Jessica, and I am a very grateful recipient of the Jane Slowey Memorial Bursary for the academic year 2023/24. Receiving this Bursary from Commonweal…
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