Episode 3 (Part B): Is Housing Insecurity the New Normal?
Description
In this episode, former student at QUT Lauren Mickle is speaking to Jean about the complexities of housing and homelessness with a focus on her research on boarding houses in Brisbane region in the late 80’s, based on her article “An Olympic feat: Securing boarding house tenancies in Brisbane''. Their discussions touch on the gentrification of suburbs across Brisbane city. Jean and Lauren also revisit Shane and Angela’s part A homelessness episode and deconstruct that further. They share ways in which practitioners, educators and students can bring about social change by offering an alternative way of living and organising society, which may lead to the transformation of the housing crisis in Australia.
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rEYilhsR01JuQEXI9fcGUeWaroduzT2K/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104391506849562986537&rtpof=true&sd=true
Key References:
An Olympic feat: Securing boarding house tenancies in Brisbane By Lauren Mickle, Michelle Newcomb and Andrew Webster: https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.443123654898830
Inequality in Australia By ACOSS and UNSW: https://povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Inequality-in-Australia-2020-Part-2-Who-is-affected-and-why_FINAL.pdf
'The Eviction' Documentary by SBS:
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1748870211638/the-eviction
Keywords: gentrification, social housing, deserving vs undeserving, disenfranchised, emancipation, rejecting stereotypes, Housing First approach, social change through deinitialization
Music by Boe Toweh
United States
