Homelessness, and the impact of recent Supreme Court decisions, will be addressed in a lecture by Professor of Law and Policy Dave Cowan.
The lecture on Thursday 19 November, jointly hosted by Kent Law School and the Canterbury Housing Advice Centre (CHAC), will be the second annual lecture held to raise awareness of the important work CHAC undertakes supporting people facing homelessness.
Canterbury based charity CHAC was founded in 1991 and is chaired by Nick Jackson, a Senior Law Lecturer at Kent Law School. CHAC works to prevent homelessness in Canterbury, Whitstable and Herne Bay with specialist caseworkers providing support to people at risk of eviction or repossession. CHAC also offers advice on mortgage arrears, tenancy rights and housing benefit.
Professor Dave Cowan teaches Property Law at Bristol Law School, including his own optional units, Welfare Housing and Complaints and their Redress. He is the co-author of a research report examining current practises of shared ownership in the UK. The report, ‘Exploring experiences of shared ownership housing: reconciling owning and renting’, was written in collaboration with Professor Helen Carr from Kent Law School and was launched in the House of Lords in July.
Professor Cowan’s research is mostly socio-legal, and focuses on social theory and the housing system(s). His books include Homelessness: The (In)Appropriate Applicant (Dartmouth, 1997), Housing Law and Policy (MacMillan, 1999), as well as co-authored books, The Appeal of Internal Review (Hart, 2003), Regulating Social Housing: Governing Decline (Glasshouse, 2005) and Regulating Renting: Governing the Private Rented Sector (Routledge, 2007).
All are welcome to attend the lecture which will be held in Grimond Lecture Theatre 2 (GLT2). Welcome drinks will be served from 18.00 with the lecture beginning at 18.30. Attendance is free but there will be a collection on behalf of CHAC.