1. Alison Gelder Chief Executive, Housing Justice 20th October 2016
Crisis? What Crisis?
Alison Gelder
Chief Executive, Housing Justice
20th October 2016

2. Context overview Rising homelessness (of all types)
Overcrowding, poor conditions, disrepair
Affordability
Austerity/welfare changes
The end of social housing
Private rental market under pressure
Regeneration & gentrification
Brexit?

3. Buildings or People? Not a problem for everyone:
Own outright; buying with a mortgage
Social tenant; Council or Housing Association

4. Buildings or People? These are the people most likely to be affected:
Experienced relationship breakdown
Private renter
Young & inexperienced
Drink or drug problem
Mental health problems or learning disability
Lived in an institution
Experienced abuse
Unemployed
POOR

5. People in our congregations & communities
Parents of young(ish) adults
Young(ish) adults – no children
Families (1 or 2 parents) with children under 11
Families with teenagers
Elderly singles and couples

6. People (cont) – the more obvious suspects
Anyone/family member with disability or ill health
Asylum seeker/migrant/refugee
Rough sleepers, hidden homeless folk & other wanderers
Landlords, teachers, social workers, builders, volunteers, council officers & civil servants, charity workers etc.