I-SPHERE

Podcast: Calls grow for social landlords to confront systemic racism Scotland’s social landlords are facing renewed pressure to adopt meaningful anti‑racism policies after new research laid bare the extent to which Black people and people of colour are being fail...

Drawing on evidence from I-SPHERE’s three-and-a-half-year programme on Race, Ethnicity and Homelessness in the UK, Dr Nadia Ayed has contributed to Scottish Housing News podcast on systemic racism and race discrimination within our housing systems: www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/cal...

Scotland must not return to the use of harmful shelters Scotland cannot return to dormitory-style shelters, writes Beth Watts-Cobbe of the Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research at Heriot-Watt.

Inside Housing has today published a comment piece by I-SPHERE’s Professor Beth Watts-Cobbe arguing that Scotland must not return to the use of harmful shelters.
Read the article: www.insidehousing.co.uk/comment/scot...

Homelessness and Migration in Denmark and Germany
Date: Thursday 26th February
Time: 11:00 – 12:12
We're delighted to have two leading international scholars, Lars Benjaminsen and Volker Busch-Geertsema speak to our Feb seminar on the Homelessness and Migration in Denmark and Germany.
bit.ly/4rFlTVo

New I-SPHERE research on race and homelessness was mentioned this week in Parliament.
The statistical analysis of 750,000 household records from the statutory homelessness system showed that only 10% of Black families gained social housing compared to 24% of White families.
doi.org/10.17861/D78...

𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞
An analysis of 750,000 household records from the statutory homelessness system reveals that only 10% of Black families gained social housing compared to 24% of White families. doi.org/10.17861/D78...
@raceontheagenda.bsky.social @crisis-uk.bsky.social

I-SPHERE and CHIH April Seminar: Housing and Welfare Outcomes in Norway.

Kristin Aarland and Jardar Sørvoll from Oslo Met University will present our April seminar.

📅 Date: April 29, 2025
⏰ Time: 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
📍 Online (Microsoft Teams)

Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

What does it take to end homelessness? Tweaking or transforming systems There is an aspirational movement across the Global North that seeks to end homelessness. No longer an issue to be managed, nation states and community actors outline headline objectives to end hom...

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀?
New article by Cameron Parsell, Juha Kaakinen, Suzanne Fitzpatrick & Ella Kuskoff in Housing Studies argues that we need to transform, rather than tweak systems to truly move towards ending homelessness. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Why is “safe” housing anything but safe? New research shows survivors find homeless B&Bs & hostels can mirror the abuse they left behind. We need trauma-informed housing & enforced legal protections so women can truly escape violence. researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/publicati...

Women in Northern Ireland are being forced out of their own homes by abusers due to financial control, weak legal orders & intimidation. New research by @lynnemcmordie.bsky.social shows they often end up homeless & still at risk. It’s time for real reform. researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/publicati...

Scotland has strong legal entitlements for those experiencing homelessness. But, every day, we see breaches of those rights.

I-SPHERE, with Everyone Home, has written to the Cabinet Secretary, urging her to ensure these rights are always upheld.

Read here: homelessnetwork.scot/wp-content/u...

💡I-SPHERE and CHIH Seminar Series💡

📣Join us on 23 Jan at 11am for our first seminar of 2025

Daniel Edminston from @lseinequalities.bsky.social will discuss his paper: 'Indentured: benefit deductions, debt recovery and welfare disciplining'.

Sign-up here: i-sphere.site.hw.ac.uk/seminars/

Destitution by Design: righting the wrongs of UK immigration policy in Scotland

Scottish Government has now published its Asylum Right to Work pilot proposal: www.gov.scot/news/asylum-...
@bethwcobbe.bsky.social participated in the working group that informed the proposal, drawing on our ongoing study of migrant destitution in Scotland: researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/publicati...