Brook House in west London will be a "UK first" in providing homes exclusively for women.

Brook House in west London will be a “UK first” in providing homes exclusively for women.

The idea is that single women are their own demographic, with different needs to families etc. It’s partly aimed at DA survivors… let’s be honest, even without DA a massive part is safety.

What’s your thoughts on this project? Would you be more likely to live in a block of women only flats to mixed?

  • Greercase@lemmus.orgEnglish
    17·
    22 days ago

    I didn’t see any information on if male guests or children were allowed. I think having spaces where women feel safe is important, but I’d be interested to see how this is implemented. I’ve definitely been in places where there was a designated “don’t interact with guy from apartment X” welcome crew. It’d be nice to not have to worry about that so much.

    • LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPMEnglish
      15·
      22 days ago

      I thought that as well. Without staffing it’s impossible to manage no guests. And children grow up, so they either ban kids, allow teenage male children or evict when the child grows up! All are bad

      • Greercase@lemmus.orgEnglish
        3·
        22 days ago

        My thoughts exactly. Plus I think some women might be more comfortable at home, so not being able to invite a prospective partner over and being forced to engage in their house might make them more likely to capitulate to things they are not comfortable with instead of telling the person to leave. I know some women keep their address to themselves for quite a while though, so it really is person to person based on comfort.

        I think options in general are good, and this may be a good fit for some people and not for others. I know people like DV victims need safe places, but I also worry that certain restrictions make resources more scarce. I doubt any of these will sit vacant, but everyone needs safe affordable housing, so the fact that this is closed off to so many people when there’s not enough to meet the current need is also something worth noting. I would have no reservations about it if there was an excess of safe affordable housing with none of these restrictions, so everyone living there was specifically choosing that option rather than potentially just taking what they have access to in the moment.