Tenant engagement and the involvement of other stakeholders
The Holding on Home team put in place two measures to capture the voices of tenants and other key stakeholders within the study: the Tenant Steering Group; and, the Policy and Practice Advisory Group.
Tenant Steering Group
A Tenant Steering Group, which comprised social housing tenants from across the country, oversaw the work of the study team. It inputted into all aspects of the research, including the study’s communication plans, the design of research instruments, and the selection of case studies. It reviewed all research outputs. The Group was facilitated by Jon Land and Monica Teixeira at the Housing Quality Network. The Group convened at key stages of the research.
Policy and Practice Advisory Group
The Holding on to Home team also received advice and guidance from a Policy and Practice Advisory Group, which comprised experts from policy, practice and academia. The Group assisted the team to develop its research and communication plans, design research instruments and select case studies. It also commented on all research outputs. The Group, which convened at key stages of the research, comprised: Dr Francesca Albanese (Crisis); Michael Erhardt (Disability Rights UK); Lee Bloomfield (BME National and Manningham
Housing Association); Andy Brittan (Department for Work and Pensions); Professor Katherine Brown (University of Hertfordshire); Leslie Channon (consultant and formerly of the TAROE Trust); Professor Ken Gibb (UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence and the University of Glasgow); Gavin Smart (The Chartered Institute of Housing); and,Thomas Weekes (Trussell Trust).