Housing, health and happiness: How inadequate housing shapes child and parental wellbeing

Join us online for the launch of a new report: Housing, health and happiness: How inadequate housing shapes child and parental wellbeing.

This study uses data from Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) Cohort ’08 to explore the influence of housing and neighbourhood quality on parental and child wellbeing. 

Much of the impact of poor quality housing and neighbourhoods on children’s wellbeing is found to operate through its effects on mothers, making parenting more stressful and leading to greater parent-child conflict.

Event programme

11:00

Welcome address

Prof Alan Barrett (Director, ESRI) 

11:05

Launch

Shane Burke, Head of Research, Housing Agency

11:10

Report findings

Authors - James Laurence, Helen Russell, Emer Smyth

11:30

Response

Ann-Marie O'Reilly, National Advocacy Manager Threshold  

Marcella Stakem, Research and Policy Officer at Saint Vincent De Paul (SVP)

11:45

Q&A

12:00

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