May be of interest to those of you working on housing, home and gender.
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A right to home: responding to the housing crisis
8th June, University of Brighton
In contemporary British society, the so-called housing crisis and inequality around access to housing is a central theme in public debates.
Yet, the current hyper-commodification of the housing market, mass-scale dispossession, the dismantling of the social rent sector and rising levels of homelessness do not only entail an unequal distribution of housing, but also reflect the conditionality of access to the right to home. The right to home disrupts the hegemony of the right to buy, where housing is tied to individual ownership and accumulation. Rather, a right to home is about inhabiting social space, a right to a stable trajectory and belonging to communities.
This symposium aims to bring together researchers of housing inequality across the UK to explore the concept of a right to home from different perspectives. The event will provide a space to explore the global and historical interconnections of the housing crisis and its localised consequences on the social formation of home across the UK.
Speakers include:
- Dr. Stephanie Grohmann
- Dr. Lucy Finchett-Maddock
- Dr. Rebecca Searle
- Dr. Eleanor Wilkinson
- Dr. David Madden
- Dr. Paul Watt
- Prof. Phil Hubbard
Attendance is free, please register here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-right-to-home-responding-to-the-housing-crisis-tickets-44667467598?utm_term=eventname_text
If you have any questions please contact
Dr Sarah Leaney: [log in to unmask]
Dr Deanna Dadusc: [log in to unmask]
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