Stuart Hodkinson has been researching and teaching on various aspects of UK housing policy for 20 years. As a qualitative researcher with a background in international political economy and participatory research, he specialises in both the structural drivers of housing injustice, and working with both housing action groups, and residents of all tenures to understand and improve their housing conditions and outcomes. Stuart has collaborated with the London Tenants Federation, Greater Manchester Tenants Union, and Living Rent in Scotland on different action research projects. His work on housing privatisation, PFI, regeneration, financialisation and fire safety in tower blocks has been funded by multiple research councils (ESRC, British Academy, EPSRC, Research England, EU), as well as local government. He is the author of two books, Precarious Lives: Forced Labour, Exploitation and Asylum (2015 with co-authors) and Safe as Houses: Private Greed, Political Negligence and Housing Policy after Grenfell (2019). He is currently serving on the Manchester Social Housing Commission and is the co-author of a new report being launched at this summit, Manchester's Housing Crisis in Context: Why We Need Sustainable Homes for Social Rent.