Amy Clair

Social Policy researcher @achr_adl and research associate @MiSoC_Essex. Focusing on housing, health & well-being. She/her.

[Amy Clair @amyclair503]

My new paper in @IJHPEditors explores cuts to housing benefit for private renters in England– finding that cuts led to a statistically significant increase in overcrowding of 5%, or an additional ~75,000 households living in overcrowded homes https://t.co/dvMSdvNruC (open access)

[Emma Baker @_HealthyCities_]

Has tenancy law reform caused disinvestment in the rental market? Not so far, but maybe it should? …could encourage incompetent landlords to cash out of sector? Excellent new research by @dr_chris_martin and colleagues. #rentinginAustralia @AHURI_Research

[Peter Apps @PeteApps]

Here's a quick thread about government, social housing and the lack of regulation to ensure tenants have some protection when housing management goes wrong. Because... well... there is a certain level of hypocrisy from current ministers which can't be left unaddressed

[Helen Barnard @Helen_Barnard]

Appalled by news today of a pilot programme with GPs 'prescribing' heating for patients with health conditions likely to be made worse by cold and damp. Further medicalising poverty and loading problems onto the NHS because of the failure of other parts of the system. 1/7

[Ben Barr @benj_barr2]

We are looking for 2 quant researchers to work on the health impacts of welfare and employment programmes. https://t.co/L71qe85ZK9 #EpiTwitter #EconTwitter #DataScientist @vkatikireddi @alexsingleton @ProfBambra @profbuchan @Matt_Data_Geek @dataevan @amyclair503 @aaronsreeves

[Linda Przhedetsky @lprzhedetsky]

I’ve been collaborating on this piece with ⁦@GuardianAus⁩ for months, and I could be more excited to have it out in the open. Please read and share to highlight the urgent need for better protections for renters (and you’ll understand my PhD topic) https://t.co/J8I5JAp7pA

[Peter Apps @PeteApps]

Lots to take from this morning's closing statements at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, but this from Danny Friedman KC is probably worth sharing. The inquiry has shown a world absent empathy. As well as all the technical stuff, that needs to change

[Amy Clair @amyclair503]

@PaulineCastres @usociety Thank you for pointing this out, and sorry for not doing it before. I've reshared the graph with alt text. Thank you also for the book recommendation, I've been meaning to read it so this was a good reminder!

[Amy Clair @amyclair503]

.@_HealthyCities_ and my new paper exploring the mental health impacts of no longer living in a home that is warm enough is available now (open access, pre-proof). Taking a social harm perspective we find that... https://t.co/9A5RhWMHiQ

[Amy Clair @amyclair503]

re-sharing the graph with alt-text. sorry for not doing this before!

[Amy Clair @amyclair503]

transitioning into living in a cold home is associated with a doubling of the risk of severe mental distress for those who previously had no mental health symptoms, and a tripling in the risk for those who were previously on the borderline of mental distress

[Amy Clair @amyclair503]

A summary of our paper available now in @socscimed showing the mental health effects of cold homes in the UK https://t.co/A8gjtys9yo @_HealthyCities_

[ISER @iseressex]

Shocking impact of cold homes "For people who previously had no mental health problems, the odds of severe mental distress doubled when they had a cold home" @ESRC @MiSoC_Essex RA @amyclair503 uses @usociety data for this in @ConversationUK piece https://t.co/u6xLFvfaV1

[AHURI @AHURI_Research]

Our latest report, The impact of the pandemic on the Australian rental sector, was undertaken by researchers from @UniofAdelaide @UniversitySA @CurtinUni @Swinburne @UniMelb.

Download the #AHURIResearch here → https://t.co/hlpTmOnQTZ

[Amy Clair @amyclair503]

Some really interesting points about data collection for rental applications and the power imbalance in renting in Australia (and elsewhere)
https://t.co/mTLt3KJjnA

[Aaron Reeves @aaronsreeves]

I feel very grateful to have been appointed a Professor @DSPI @UniofOxford and want to express my appreciation for all those ppl who have supported me. But I would also like to reflect on further education in the UK bc I wouldn't have achieved this w/out one of those colleges

[Amy Clair @amyclair503]

@aaronsreeves @UniofOxford Congratulations Aaron! @_HealthyCities_ @rebecca_bentley and I were just saying last week this must be imminent! Very well deserved, and great thread. Hopefully see you soon (I hear you have a visit planned?)

[Emma Baker @_HealthyCities_]

New paper out today - Housing inequality: a systematic scoping review. An outstanding first paper from @housingishome Housing inequality is about much more than housing… (free link) https://t.co/kUPVA6zE1F

[Jonathan Bradshaw @ProfJBradshaw]

We made estimates of fuel poverty unless something is done published by @cpaguk here https://t.co/Cqp6f96zwe
They have been updated again here https://t.co/7WLzYogUU3
Horrifying.

[Joseph Elliott @J_Elliott94]

What’s driving England’s housing crisis?

In part, it’s because we’re now a country of *multiple* home ownership and private renters.

In the last 20 years the proportion of adults owning multiple homes doubled, the %s of 16-34 y/os buying a home almost halved. 🏘️🧵