New CHP research on women's experience of rough sleeping
Posted on 19 November 2018
The Centre for Housing Policy's Dr Joanne Bretherton and Nicholas Pleace, with the support of St Mungo's, have just completed research on the experiences of women living rough in the UK. The new research casts doubt on the assumption that rough sleeping is still largely experienced by lone adult men, highlighting both the ways that women may conceal themselves while sleeping rough and the risks that women can face when they have to sleep rough. St Mungo's is drawing on the research to promote an open letter to the government to increase funding for appropriate services for women. The report, 'Women and Rough Sleeping: A Critical Review of Current Research and Methodology' has also been featured in The Independent and is available via the St Mungo's website.
The research is part of a wider programme of work, led by Dr Bretherton, which is exploring the gender dynamics of homelessness and housing inequality. This work includes the recent edited collection Women's Homelessness in Europe and the international research network, Women's Homelessness in Europe Network (WHEN), which she co-directs with Dr Paula Mayock at Trinity College, Dublin.
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