Dr Tom Simcock is a Research Fellow and Research Manager of the Healthy Housing Initiative at the University of Huddersfield. Tom’s research interests include health and housing, the private rented sector, and housing inequalities. Tom’s most recent research has focussed on housing policy and the private rented sector, including research on the experiences of low-income renters in Scotland, and the financial costs of renting to pet-owners. Tom is a Chartered Psychologist of the British Psychological Society (CPsychol), a certified member of the Market Research Society (CMRS), and a member of the Housing Studies Association. Tom is the Secretary and an elected board member of the Housing Studies Association. Tom is regularly called upon by policymakers for his expertise, his research has been cited in parliamentary debates and in government consultations, and he previously gave evidence to the Welsh Parliament.