Lives in Work: Social Housing Tenants' Experiences of Employment and Unemployment

Julie Joyce Rugg; Leonie Kellaher

Lives in Work: Social Housing Tenants' Experiences of Employment and Unemployment

Centre for Housing Policy

Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

Abstract

This second qualitative report from the Real London Lives project focuses on respondents’ experience of employment. Compared with other tenures, social housing contains a higher proportion of residents who are not in work. Nevertheless, this report indicates that, for the majority of the respondents in the research, employment plays a central role in their lives and most households derived some income from paid work. This research echoes the first qualitative report on housing circumstances, and takes a ‘lifecourse’ approach to understanding tenant experiences. The ‘life course’ approach underlines the need to regard work status in more nuanced terms. ‘Employed’, ‘unemployed’ or ‘part-time working’ do not represent adequately the degree of engagement with the labour market, or ongoing trajectories.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Real London Lives
Commissioning body	g15 housing associations
Number of pages	61
Publication status	Published - 30 Jul 2015

Keywords

Social housing
employment
housing association
LONDON

Longitudinal study into the impact of welfare reform and economic change
Rugg, J. J., Rhodes, D. & Wilcox, S.
1/04/13 → 30/06/16
Project: Research project (funded) › Research

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Lives in Work: Social Housing Tenants' Experiences of Employment and Unemployment

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Longitudinal study into the impact of welfare reform and economic change

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