How can housing help to mitigate COVID-19 impacts over the longer term?
Background
The questions that will help us to grow our understanding to support the recovery from the pandemic, and to inform the medium and long term strategy for ‘living with COVID’, in areas relevant to DLUHC responsibilities.
Next steps
The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: [email protected] and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: [email protected].
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Topics
Related UKRI funded projects
-
A Study of COVID-19 Adaptation Strategies for Residents of Multi-tenanted Housing in Lagos, Nigeria
The index case in Nigeria was announced on 27 February 2020 in Lagos. As at April 27 2020, the pandemic has reached over 32 of 36 states in the country, with 1,337 confirmed cases, 40 deaths, 225 recovered cases and alle...
Funded by: GCRF
Lead research organisation: University of Lagos
Why might this be relevant?
The project specifically focuses on residents of multi-tenanted housing in Lagos, Nigeria and aims to provide support for the prevention of community spread of COVID-19 in these settings.
-
COVID-19 and rough sleepers: a randomised controlled trial to evaluate models of housing and support to reduce infection and homelessness
As part of the government's response to COVID-19, 15,000 rough sleepers have now been offered self-contained temporary accommodation in England, mainly in hotels. This approach, which has involved the decanting of hostel...
Funded by: COVID
Lead research organisation: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Why might this be relevant?
The project evaluates models of housing and support to reduce infection and homelessness among rough sleepers, which indirectly addresses the impact of housing on mitigating COVID-19 impacts.
-
Effective monitoring of fitness for human habitation standards in UK social housing
Covid-19 has had a dramatic impact on the way we use our homes and in the context of social housing this generates numerous challenges to residents and landlords. People have spent more time in their own homes than ever ...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: SWITCHEE LIMITED
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on monitoring fitness for human habitation standards in social housing, which is directly related to mitigating COVID-19 impacts in the longer term.