More than Bricks: the benefits of social homes

Join the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence as we support Shelter in this online event diving deeper into their ground-breaking longitudinal research project looking at the impact of moving into a social rent home.

Shelter is working with HACT (Housing Associations’ Charitable Trust) to carry out a ground-breaking longitudinal research project looking at the impact of moving into a social rent home. In September Shelter published the first report from the project sharing emerging findings exploring social tenants’ experiences three months after moving in. This session will delve into the findings in more detail and share insights on the project’s methodology with a focus on working with people with lived experience to design and deliver the project.

This event is supported by the UK Centre for Collaborative Housing Evidence (CaCHE)

Sign up via Eventbrite to join us online Thursday 13 November 3pm – 4pm GMT

Panel:

Catherine Ryder – PlaceShapers (Chair)

Catherine is the Chief Executive of PlaceShapers – a national network of social housing providers committed to supporting thriving communities. Prior to joining PlaceShapers in 2023, Catherine was a Director of Policy and Research for the National Housing Federation, where she led on all aspects of policy development and research and set up the Together with Tenants project. She has also spent time working for a Local Enterprise Partnership and on the regulation of local government at the Audit Commission.

Hannah Rich – Shelter

Hannah Rich is a Senior Research Officer at Shelter and has worked in housing policy research for over seven years. Hannah leads Shelter’s research work on social housing, including managing the longitudinal research project on the impact of moving into a social rent home.

Dr Marija Antanaviciute – HACT

Dr Marija Antanaviciute is a consultant at HACT and a research fellow at University of Birmingham. She has 10+ years’ experience working in research roles across the voluntary sector, specialising in social housing, social impact, and place-based services. Marija supported the delivery of Shelter’s research on the impact of social housing and led on developing methodology for the project.

Jayne

Jayne is a member of the research project’s lived experience advisory panel. The panel is made up of social tenants who have shared their expertise to support the research project since the beginning. Jayne has been a social tenant in the West Midlands for over 30 years.