The Pro-Housing Alliance is an alliance of organisations and individuals who believe that housing is a key social determinant of health. Health inequality cannot be addressed unless there is access to housing that is both truly affordable and healthy. It is a prerequisite for good public health, including public mental health. To find out more please read our “About” page.
Professor Peter Ambrose 1933 – 2012
Professor Peter Ambrose 1933 – 2012 Professor Peter Ambrose died peacefully on the morning of the 22st August. He had been struggling against cancer for several months. His condition deteriorated sharply resulting in a couple of falls in the night. The ambulance was called and he was made comfortable;...
The Budget: disastrous housing policy continues
The lack of coherent, affordable housing and land policies since the 1980s is at the heart of the UK’s social and economic woes. As the late Professor Peter Ambrose wrote in 2005: “We argue that there have been failures of vision, collective memory, strategy and regulation that have wasted...
Human Rights, Housing and Health Inequity
By Stephen Battersby, Chair, Pro-Housing Alliance In 2001, the late Inez McCormack – the influential human rights activist and first female president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions – brought together a wide range of individuals including social justice and human rights activists, community representatives, academics and lawyers from...
PHA submission to the Communities and Local Government Committee inquiry into the Private Rented Sector
Memorandum from the Pro Housing Alliance 1.0 Executive Summary 1.1. Housing is a determinant of health, with the exported costs of poor housing are met by the NHS and others. Cold, damp and overcrowded housing makes tackling health inequalities harder 1.2. Amateur landlords who too often are ignorant of...
Fuel Poverty, Housing and Health Seminar
A showcase event of research across England Public Health Hub, Sheffield Hallam University Wednesday 12th December 2012, 9.30-1.30, Aspect Court, Room 15202, City Campus Pond Hill, Sheffield, S1 2BG This seminar aims to bring together practitioners, academics and clinicians interested in the area of fuel poverty, housing and health....
New Report: ‘Poor homes, poor health- to heat or to eat? Private sector tenant choices in 2012′
Press Release – Stark choices for private tenants on benefits and increased demands on the NHS “The health of tenants in the private rented sector who are in receipt of housing and other benefits, is clearly being put further at risk as a consequence of the Government’s welfare...
‘Poor homes, poor health – to heat or to eat?’ Launch Event
Dr Stephen Battersby, Chair of the Pro-Housing Alliance, invites you to the launch of a report of preliminary research into the health impact of welfare reforms for families living in private rented accommodation. The report is based on interviews with advice agencies and tenants. It also includes an analysis of advice agency...