New Housing LIN guest blog explores the importance of liminal spaces of the home

Helen Brown, Doctoral Researcher at the University of Sheffield, argues that while good quality housing is essential to health and wellbeing, there is limited research on the housing aspirations of older homeowners living in low- and middle-income neighbourhoods.

In this new Housing LIN guest blog, Helen reflects on three emerging themes from her PhD research associated with the importance of liminal spaces of the home, including:

• Liminal spaces create both a valued connection to, and welcome distance from, wider neighbourhoods.
• Liminal spaces are a largely fixed context but are subject to temporality as people age and their needs change.
• And, liminal spaces provide a connection to the external environment or outside world.

These findings may be important to policymakers, practitioners and developers involved in delivery of housing for older people.