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

在英国，家庭潮湿和发霉是一个日益突出的问题，对那些忍受这些问题的人来说，往往会带来严重的影响，甚至会限制他们的生活。据估计，治疗那些健康受到恶劣住房条件影响的人每年要花费NHS 14亿英镑（Garret等人，2021年）。2022年11月，住在罗奇代尔住房协会提供的社会住房中的两岁男孩Awaab Ishak因居住条件恶劣而于2020年去世，这一消息已被公众所知。在当前能源价格上涨和燃料匮乏的背景下，家庭用水问题不太可能得到解决。本研究提出了对伦敦住房协会（HA）房产中的潮湿现象的双重检查——也就是说，既要进入潮湿住房的物质条件，又要进入这些条件的媒体呈现——以便批判性地质疑潮湿的住房条件是如何剥夺城市穷人的。本研究采用具有具体焦点的混合方法，旨在为房屋协会库存中正在进行更新的家庭潮湿提供新的见解，并对媒体报道与租户（竞争）这些条件的经历之间的关系进行批判性评估。它为其发现和产出设想了一种公共生活，既开发了通过参与式方法在受影响社区“实地”使用的工具，又提出了政策建议和简报。

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.