Thea Raisbeck

Head of Research @SpringHousing. Visiting Research Fellow @AstonUniversity. Chair @coventry_haven. Housing, Homelessness, MVAWG. My views.

[Thea Raisbeck @msfiveounces]

@PeteApps This is a fantastic thread 👏

[Peter Apps @PeteApps]

And that's it in a nutshell really. For the last decade and a bit, regulation has prioritised the needs of private finance over the needs of residents. Ministers holding their hands up in horror at the repairs crisis were in the governments which made these decisions

[The Social Housing Round Table @theshrt]

"We should hold the highest aspirations for both resident experience and the exempt sector as a whole" @msfiveounces @SpringHousing #CharterOfRights #ExemptConference

[Commonweal Housing @CommonwealTweet]

📌Our 2019 report 'Exempt from Responsibility?' with @SpringHousing written by @msfiveounces identified probation officers and prisons have seen Birmingham as the easy way to get difficult cases housed.

3 years on and it's still happening❗️
https://t.co/7OZshefXlV

[Thea Raisbeck @msfiveounces]

@k8_lister @LeslieReagan8 Absolutely love your podcast. Great company on my long hikes!

[Thea Raisbeck @msfiveounces]

@Stefandeans2 @CommonwealTweet @SpringHousing Thanks Stefan. Hope you’re keeping well.

[Dr Emma Katz @DrEmmaKatz]

Petition: Automatically suspend PR rights of parent guilty of murdering the other parent. https://t.co/dIXrNBN5jB

[Women's Aid @womensaid]

New survey alert! We want to find out the impact the current UK cost of living crisis is having on women and children who are experiencing – or have experienced – domestic abuse within the last year. The deadline for responses is Sunday 10th July 2022.⬇️

https://t.co/xSBlnuMwnl

[Thea Raisbeck @msfiveounces]

@homelessimpact @mrmattpeacock @artshomelessint @FEANTSA This looks excellent! Saving to read later.

[The Howard League @TheHowardLeague]

Figures published today by @MoJGovUK show that 54,027 self-harm incidents were recorded in prisons in 2021 - that's about one every 10 minutes.

The self-harm rate has decreased slightly in prisons holding men, but it has risen in prisons holding women.

https://t.co/cqOBtPQ8Xg

[Thea Raisbeck @msfiveounces]

@Ms_SThompson @ravbillan LOVE you t-shirt! X

[Frances Ryan @DrFrancesRyan]

Food bank users are turning down potatoes as they can’t afford the energy to boil them, reports say today. Sunak - a man whose wife is richer than the Queen - has used the #SpringStatement to largely help top and middle earners. Shameful and all too predictable.

[Thea Raisbeck @msfiveounces]

@JaneRockHouse @JSimpsonjourno @insidehousing @EddieHughes4WN @michaelgove It feels a bit overwhelming after working for so long on this but thank you @JaneRockHouse for your care, compassion, commitment and professionalism around this issue.

[Thea Raisbeck @msfiveounces]

@JSimpsonjourno @EddieHughes4WN Thank you @JSimpsonjourno for taking this on when, at the time, it felt many didn’t want to hear it, or it felt too big, or too messy and complex to work through. Your dedication and commitment to this has been invaluable.

[Thea Raisbeck @msfiveounces]

@JeanHatchet Back at you, wonderful lady. Nigel and his bins made me howl 😂 The only - only - thing I miss now I’m resolutely single is having someone to put the bins out for me…

[Commonweal Housing @CommonwealTweet]

Good to see the government responding to the @CommonsLUHC inquiry into exempt accommodation.

We're pleased @EddieHughes4WN has referenced our research with @SpringHousing & @msfiveounces.

We're greatly looking forward to seeing the results of the inquiry and seeing reform⬇️

[Jane Haynes @JaneRockHouse]

Help me tell the story of an unequal society, where the expected life chances of our babies are so radically different. It would be great to hear from you. DM or email. Thank you 🙏🏽

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

Homelessness has risen 165% in the past decade, with Tory cuts & a broken housing system to blame.

That's why places like @SpringHousing's hostel in Earlsdon – which I visited today – are so important, providing warmth, safety & support for people who have nowhere else to go.

[Thea Raisbeck @msfiveounces]

Fully agree with this. I’ve put on events where I simply don’t have the budget to pay people with LE so don’t invite them & expect them to work all day for free. I see so much LE used by orgs that is exploitative & retraumatising. We can & must do better.

[Rose @RoseEmpower]

Still orgs exploiting lived experience but it’s good see more are saying no pay me what I’m worth and we can talk……..often the person with LE is often the only unpaid person in the room unless you count luke warm tea, soggy sandwiches & a £10 love to shop voucher payment 🤷🏼‍♀️

[Thea Raisbeck @msfiveounces]

@RoseEmpower Well you’ve gained me as a follower from it! Thank you for speaking out about it x