Build your policy and research skills!
Join our series of zoom calls to learn more about the latest policy debates in housing and how to carry out your own research
*The next session will be on Building safety and Grenfell on the 23 April 3 – 4pm.*
We’ll be joined by Peter Apps, housing journalist and author of Show me the bodies: how we let Grenfell happen’.
Register for the next session here.
Who are these sessions for?
These sessions are for members of the Homes for Us alliance. If you’re a member of an alliance partner or interested in joining the alliance please come along. There is no limit on the number of attendees.
Upcoming sessions
Date/time | Session focus | Aim |
16th April |
Guest session: Researching housing associations as real estate actors – Dr Rich Goulding, Lecturer at University of Sheffield | · Demystifying the role of housing association in the housing crisis · Practical research tools for activists on how to analyse their financial strategies, including an overview of how to look through their accounts |
23rd April |
Guest session: Building Safety and Grenfell – by Peter Apps, housing journalist and author of Show me the bodies: how we let Grenfell happen’. | · Outline how government policy and corporate malpractice gave us the Grenfell disaster and the building safety crisis which has emerged since. · Discuss Labour’s announcement of its response to the recommendations from Phase 2 of the inquiry and explain how housing activists can help those in dangerous buildings |
30th April | Local elections – what do they mean for us? | · Identifying powers local authorities have to help solve housing crisis · Reflecting on manifestos · Locating our local/regional actions in the political context |