Abstract
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has characterised the current period as an ‘age of insecurity’ (Reeves 2023, Labour Party 2024)., and described her approach to economic policy as ‘securonomics’, aiming to provide reliable rewards for hard work and security for all (Reeves 2023). What role does housing insecurity play in this ‘age of insecurity’? Are there any causal relationships between housing insecurity and other insecurities? What role could reductions in housing insecurity play in increasing security more generally? This presentation reports results from a multi-institution project, Insecure Lives (https://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/_new/research/multiple-insecurities/), on the prevalence and experience of housing, work, income, food, health, and care insecurities, using literature, data from Understanding Society, and interviews with people experiencing multiple insecurities in different parts of England.
Biography
Becky Tunstall is former Director of the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York, and visiting professor at the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion at LSE. She is author of The fall and rise of social housing: 100 years on 20 estates, and and Stay Home, Housing and home in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic. Most recently she was the project manager on the Insecure Lives project.
