Daniel Carter: Protecting renters now can help us minimise a second covid-19 wave
Daniel Carter, an Epidemiologist and member of our Economic Justice & Health Group, wrote in the BMJ about why protecting renters will help us minimise the public health impact of a second wave of COVID-19.
Annual Report 2019/20
Our 2020 Annual Report provides an overview of our work and direction in the last year, including how this has pivoted in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Monthly Economic Justice Issue meeting: Housing & Income insecurity
Our monthly economic justice issue group meeting where this month we will be developing actions to address housing and income insecurity, key determinants of the unequal impact of the pandemic.
Action Call: Housing & public health ─ the eviction crisis in the time of COVID-19
Watch a recording of our Action Call with London Renters Union & Pathways where we discussed the interconnected issues of housing justice and health equity.
This is an uprising, but can it be a revolution….
This piece was written during the peak of the Black Lives Matter movement. In the wake of BLM protests and the global uprising against racism during a devastating pandemic, we are left thinking about what our society could look like – post hyperawareness of this...Mitigating public health risk from evictions
Sixteen of the UK’s leading public health organisations have written to Secretary of State for Housing Robert Jenrick urging him to extend the eviction ban due to be lifted Monday to avoid an evictions and homelessness crisis that could significantly contribute to an...End of eviction ban in England and Wales ‘could cause Covid surge’
The Guardian covered the open letter we, alongside 16 other public health organisations and 3 tenants unions wrote to the Government calling on them to protect those experiencing housing insecurity during the coronavirus crisis.
Extend eviction ban or risk coronavirus increase, UK government warned
The Financial Times covered the open letter we co-ordinated and signed, alongside 16 other public health organisations & 3 tenants unions, calling on the government to protect those experiencing housing insecurity during the coronavirus crisis.
Action Call: Housing & public health ─ the eviction crisis in the time of COVID-19
The government plans to lift its eviction ban for rental tenants on 24th August. The ensuing wave of evictions will have dire consequences for housing security and overall public health. Join us to find out what you can do to help.