Publication type
Journal Article
Authors
Publication date
January 15, 2020
Summary:
Food bank use in Great Britain has risen substantially over the last decade. The considerable socioeconomic disadvantage of the food bank user population has been documented, but little research has examined whether housing problems intersect with insecure food access. Using data from 598 households accessing assistance from 24 food banks operating in Great Britain in 2016-2017, we found that nearly 18 per cent of households were homeless, with more having experienced homelessness in the past twelve months. Renters from both the private and social rented sectors were also overrepresented in the sample. Households in both private and social rented housing reported high rates of rent arrears and poor conditions; those in private housing were also more likely to live in homes with damp, to have moved in past year, and to be worried about a forced move in future. Overall, housing problems are widespread among food bank users; policy interventions are needed.
Published in
Social Policy and Society
Volume and page numbers
Volume: 19 , p.55 -73
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746419000150
ISSN
14747464
Subjects
Link
- http://repository.essex.ac.uk/23887/
Notes
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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