Contesting dispossession by damp: Life experiences and media representations in London Housing Association estates

对抗潮湿的剥夺：伦敦住房协会庄园的生活经历和媒体报道

• 批准号: 2887215
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: King's College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2887215
• 关键词: Contesting; dispossession; damp; Life; experiences

Household damp and mould are problems of growing prominence inBritain, often with severe and life limiting implications for those whoendure them. Treating those whose health has been impacted by poorhousing conditions is estimated to cost the NHS £1.4 billion annually(Garret et al, 2021). In November 2022 it became public knowledgethat Awaab Ishak, a two-year-old living in social housing provided byhousing association Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, had died in 2020due to the poor conditions he lived in. Against a present backdrop ofrising energy prices and levels of fuel poverty, the issue of household dampness isunlikely to be resolved.This research proposes a dual examination of the phenomena ofdampness in Housing Association (HA) estates in London - that is,both into the material conditions in damp housing, and the mediarepresentation of those conditions - in order to critically question howdamp housing conditions dispossess the urban poor. Using a mixedmethods approach with an embodied focus, this research aims toprovide new insights into household damp in Housing Associationstock undergoing regeneration, and a critical assessment of therelationship media coverage has to tenants' experiences of(contesting) these conditions. It envisions a public life for its findingsand outputs, both developing tools for use 'on the ground' withinaffected communities through participatory methods, and producingpolicy recommendations and briefings.

家庭潮湿和霉菌是英国日益突出的问题，经常对那些忍受它们的人造成严重的和限制生命的影响。据估计，治疗那些因住房条件差而健康受到影响的人每年要花费NHS GB 14亿英镑(Garret等人，2021年)。2022年11月，居住在住房协会Rochdale Boroughwide Housing提供的社会住房中的两岁儿童Awaab Ishak因居住条件恶劣而于2020年去世。在当前能源价格上涨和燃料贫困程度不断上升的背景下，家庭潮湿的问题不太可能得到解决。这项研究提出了对伦敦住房协会(HA)住宅区潮湿现象的双重审查-即既考察潮湿房屋的物质条件，又考察这些条件的媒介呈现-以批判性地质疑潮湿的住房条件是如何剥夺城市穷人的权利的。使用混合方法和具体化的焦点，这项研究旨在为正在进行更新的房屋协会库存中的家庭潮湿提供新的见解，并对媒体报道与租户对这些条件的(抗辩)经历的关系进行批判性评估。它展望了其发现和产出的公共生活，既开发了工具，通过参与性方法在受影响社区“实地”使用，又制作了政策建议和简报。