Michael Parsons

Work @ImpUrbanHealth. Here for inequality, health, justice & housing chat. he/him. el problema es el capitalismo

[Renters' Reform Coalition @RentersReformCo]

Do you have a private renting experience you can share? Help us platform renters' voices now, using our new tool to share yours (follow the link for more information).

No reform for renters should happen without our experiences being heard loud and clear.
https://t.co/DJN1ZSHyjZ

[Michael Parsons @Michael_MJP_]

Precarious housing is a public health concern.

[London Renters Union @LDNRentersUnion]

🚨 BREAKING: The state of the private rental system is fuelling a MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS!

New polling from us reveals:
🏚️ 1 in 3 renters say housing has had a negative impact on their mental health!

🏚️ 1 in 4 say it has had an impact on their physical health.

🧵 THREAD [1/7]

[Michael Parsons @Michael_MJP_]

The 'trap' is not being able to consider your house your home, not having someone living on a plot of land you have - for primarily reasons of luck - gained exclusive control over

[Fredi Gentz @FrediGentz]

Imagine being @tomhfh, sat at home utterly mad that tenants may face some security in the private rental sector going forward 😂💩

[Michael Parsons @Michael_MJP_]

Someone's housing is someone else's home, every damn time

[Ian Mulheirn @ianmulheirn]

It’s 2024 and I see that some people still think it totally unacceptable for a landlord’s property rights to be even slightly limited - despite their asset being someone’s *actual home*

What an argument to try to make…

[Michael Parsons @Michael_MJP_]

Seems bad

[Robert Kwolek @RobertKwolek]

The social contract in the UK has been broken, and if only ownership was the only issue. Rents are equally unaffordable, to the point where even professionals on a median wage can’t afford to rent a 1 bed on their own in London. Seriously seriously broken.

[Robert Kwolek @RobertKwolek]

The social contract in the UK has been broken, and if only ownership was the only issue. Rents are equally unaffordable, to the point where even professionals on a median wage can’t afford to rent a 1 bed on their own in London. Seriously seriously broken.

[Danny Dorling News @dannydorling]

Is government housing policy making people ill?
Housing and health - new research to inform better policy making

Free event - release of research findings and discussion:
London Friday, 17 Nov 2023 10:00 - 13:00 GMT.
More details here and to book a place:
https://t.co/nbMNARdpvz

[Generation Rent @genrentuk]

Our research found that white people were 36% more likely to receive a positive response when applying to rent on SpareRoom than black people.

The discrimination black renters face is horrific. Reform of the private rented sector needs to root out racism https://t.co/0KdhjHMJfe

[Impact on Urban Health @ImpUrbanHealth]

Many thanks to everyone who came to our lunchtime workshop Housing at Health Equity at #HCD2023. Following a rich discussion with our panel we had a range of insightful and incisive questions highlighting how integral housing is to health equity.

[Barbara Reichwein @breichwein]

Maria Morgan #HCD2023 making it clear that healthy cities are essentially about humanity and communities. Meaningful partnership, bold collaboration, forward and critical thinking in abundance. @ImpUrbanHealth we are proud to work with @Kineara.

[Kineara @Kineara]

What links have we seen between insecure #housing and poor #health, and how can we innovatively address them? At this week's #HCD2023 our founder, Maria Morgan, will share her insight and hopes for building and sustaining better urban health through housing. 💬

[Impact on Urban Health @ImpUrbanHealth]

Join us at #HCD2023 to hear from @BURDETTR, Maria Morgan from @Kineara and Joey Carr from @SaferRentingCH to explore practical ways to break the link between insecure housing and ill health.

@HCDCongress 2023
17 October at 12:40pm
RCP Liverpool

[Peter Babudu @peterbabudu]

🏙️ As much as 80% of our health comes from what we do and the environments we’re in. A future Labour administration can and should use this knowledge to improve the nation’s health and prosperity. 8/8

[LondonWorld @LondonWorldCom]

'Health inequality is a social justice issue': London's Breathable Cities startups take on air pollution https://t.co/W3tVVRWIim #AirPollution

[Darren Baxter-Clow @DarrenBaxter]

Fascinating paper showing that private renting - and the insecurity implicit in it - is associated with markers of faster biological ageing (& related health consequences).

Interestingly, social renting is no different to outright ownership once other factors are accounted for.

[Taj Ali @Taj_Ali1]

...Labour needs to make the right choices for workers now, not water them down to curry favour with big business. They need to stop wavering and make a clear signal that they are truly the voice for working people.”

[KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner @Kwajotweneboa]

2. Local authorities have had funding slashed massively over the last 13 years. Look at the state of social housing. They are now under pressure to enforce this bill and monitor landlords. Will they be given the huge funding needed to do this?

This is very crucial

[Renters' Reform Coalition @RentersReformCo]

We don’t want this opportunity to transform private renting to be missed.

Join us in the fight for a fairer, more secure, decent and affordable private renting.
https://t.co/CqaIwKaEc6

[London Renters Union @LDNRentersUnion]

Bad housing is ruining our children's education.

1 in 5 struggling to make it to school cite cramped conditions, insecurity, & poor-quality homes.

Everything starts with housing. Our right to a good home is too important to be left to the market.

https://t.co/w0aXXPrT1Q

[The Health Foundation @HealthFdn]

Housing affordability can have a huge impact on our health, with those on the lowest incomes hit particularly hard.

In 2019/20, 26% of households on the lowest incomes spent more than a third of their income on housing costs.

Read more 🔽
https://t.co/W6fFyKsG1i