Locked Out episode four: housing for survivors of VAWG
Too many women are forced to choose between living with abuse or living on the streets. That’s because the majority of survivors of violence against women and girls, or VAWG, must find a new place to live in order to escape – and safe, stable housing is too often out of reach. Last year, Commonweal’s…
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Locked Out episode two: housing and the criminal justice system
For people in contact with the criminal justice system, access to safe housing is vital to moving onto independent and stable lives. Yet too many people are trapped in a devastating cycle of homelessness and offending. In episode two of Locked Out, a new podcast from Commonweal Housing, we are asking: why is it so…
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Locked Out: a new podcast from Commonweal Housing
In the midst of a national housing crisis, it is obvious to most of us that too many people are locked out of safe, secure housing in the UK. But which groups are particularly at risk and why? That’s what we sought to uncover in Locked Out, a new anthology of essays highlighting the links…
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Listen: What is exempt accommodation and why is it becoming a problem?
A recent report highlighted failures in a particular sub-sector of housing that often escapes regulation. Termed ‘non-commissioned exempt accommodation’, its function is to place a roof over the head of people with nowhere else to go.
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Annual Impact Review 2018/19 reflects on what makes a house feel like home
Commonweal Housing is today launching its 2018/19 annual impact review, celebrating progress and achievements from the past year.
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Memorial bursary applications open to students for a second year
Applications are now open for students at the University of Birmingham to apply for one of three bursaries supported by Commonweal Housing.
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