Power Beyond Bricks and Mortar

Building Homes, Communities, and Neighbourhoods
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-4473-5755-1
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 252 Seiten

Reihe: CASE Studies on Poverty, Place and Policy

Social housing continues to decline as existing tenanted homes are sold to their occupiers and run-down council estates are demolished. Demonstrating the value of the ‘Housing Plus’ approach –investment beyond “bricks and mortar” – this book outlines the role social landlords can play in tackling community problems. By investing in estate renewal, helping to house the vulnerable, offering a wide range of tenures and encouraging community housing, this approach builds links between housing design and a wider social value agenda.

With the voices of tenants and frontline staff at the forefront, Anne Power demonstrates how policy and practice can shift the bias against social housing in favour of its re-expansion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Power, Anne

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Immobilienwirtschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Community, People, and Place

2. The Meaning of Shelter

Part 1. Our (UK) Housing History

3. Early Reform

4. Homes Fit for Heroes: Playing the Numbers Game

Part 2. The Dream Unravels: New Ways to Tackle Old Problems

5. Rebuilding Communities: Putting People First

6. Race and Housing

7. Breaking Up Council Control: The Regrowth of Smaller, More Community-Based Landlords

Part 3. Targeting the Poorest Areas

8. New Labour

9. Wider Challenges Threaten Communities

Part 4. Changing the Basis of Welfare

10. Austerity Kicks In

11. Major Changes to Housing Policy and Practice

12. Social Landlords Plug the Gaps

13. Investing in Communities: Social Landlords to the Fore

Über Autor(innen)

Power, Anne
Anne Power is Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science; Sustainable Development Commissioner responsible for regeneration and sustainable communities; member of the Government's Urban Task Force; author of books on cities, communities and marginal housing areas in the UK and abroad.

Anne Power is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics.