Our research showed that restrictions around shared accommodation for non-resident parents are negatively impacting their ability to parent their children. This is further exacerbated by a benefits system which fails to recognise the complex challenges faced by many non-resident parents with shared carer responsibilities, meaning the children of non-resident parents often live in much poorer households.

Ashley Horsey, Chief Executive, Commonweal Housing said that the research by CCHPR has 'highlighted a clear social injustice faced not only by non-resident parents but also their children. With measures of child poverty narrowly focusing on a child's resident parent, the research exposes the reality that many children are spending time in a poorer-quality living environment, in cramped conditions with a lack of privacy'. 

Commonweal Housing strive to solve social injustice through focused housing solutions and hope that the learning from this research will lead to improved housing solutions for non-resident parents and their children.

To learn more about the findings of the research, download the full report or the executive summary from our website.