Our Projects
We work with partners to test and develop ideas to provide housing solutions to social injustice, providing housing knowledge and action learning expertise.
Our partners are the experts in their policy areas, and we are proud to support them and their projects with our unique knowledge and expertise. This means we get to work across a broad range of different topics and social injustices. Take a look at some examples below.
Projects
A shared housing project with Quaker Social Action for young adult carers aged between 18-25 years providing empathetic, specialist support.
Housing for destitute migrants provided alongside specialist support and advice by Praxis Community Projects.
Transitional, short-term accommodation for disused spaces and night shelters, offering greater privacy and personal space.
Working with Solace Women’s Aid to provide housing options for women fleeing domestic violence and their children.
Research and Feasibility Studies
We provide support and funding for research into areas of social injustice to help determine whether housing could be part of a solution.
Closed Doors: Inequalities and injustices in appropriate and secure housing provision for female victims of trafficking who are seeking asylum
Research by Hibiscus Initiatives, supported by Commonweal through the Housing Helps competition.
What are the barriers faced when attempting to implement modular designed accommodation for vulnerable people?
George Fisher (MA Architecture, Central Saint Martins) explores the potential of modular-designed housing for vulnerable people.
Hosting Her: research exploring host housing options for women
Independent researchers Lisa Young and Tessa Horvath explore hosting schemes and how they can best support homeless women.
Exempt from Responsibility?
Research from Spring Housing and the University of Birmingham's Housing and Communities Research Group, on social injustices in the 'exempt' accommodation sector.
LivShare: Reclaiming the HMO
Report by housing and development consultant Andy Redfearn on a new, genuinely affordable housing model for single people in low incomes.
Couples First? Understanding the needs of rough sleeping couples
Research by Brighton Women's Centre and Homeless Link into rough sleeping couples and how homeless services provide them with support.
Accessibility is the key: wheelchair accessible homes needed for private rent
An investigation by Abode Impact into the lack of suitable private homes to rent for wheelchair users in the UK.
Non-resident parents and shared housing
Research conducted by the Cambridge Centre for Housing & Planning Research into the impact on children of non-resident parents living in shared accommodation.
Research into the lives of Romanian migrant workers living in encampments in London
Research looking at the nature of tent encampments made by migrant workers, conducted by Thames Reach.
Building safe choices
Research conducted by Stonewall Housing, investigating current provision of housing and related care and support services for older LGBT+ people.
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