ISHF - International Social Housing Festival’s Post

Interesting that the theme for the ISHF - International Social Housing Festival in Dublin next June is 'storytelling' - the story we tell ourselves about housing, property, land, planning and climate shapes decision-making, policy and outcomes. If we want to change the outcomes - and find better solutions - we need to go back to the story that governing it. It's similar to systems-thinking, in that you can fix a problem through an element, you have to get to its roots, its origin story, and what is governing the system. #housing #climateJustCities

🆕 Constructing Consensus: The case for community-powered development and regeneration In a report out today, New Local argue for a better system of development in England – one that fully involves and empowers communities in decision-making. Deeper community involvement is key to speeding up building plans and ensuring quality and sustainability. Read the report 👉 https://lnkd.in/d2CS6Jz5 🧵

Important new research - what are the values and goals of social housing, what are the outcomes of social housing for tenants, how can these be conceptualised in a shared vision and monitored in ways that meaningfully support policy development? - read here in this new research from Cameron Duff Christian (Andi) Nygaard and colleagues in open access Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) research: Centre for Urban Transitions

Please see the below webinar taking place on 9 May 2024 on ‘Recentering Housing:’

Curious to know what TRU Gaglardi's impact has been on the Kamloops community and beyond? Check out our newest report below!

Each of GPLA's 5 Vienna Social Housing Field Study delegations has brought a unique perspective to the lessons we learn from Vienna's long and successful journey to being one of the most livable and affordable cities in the world. Our FREE report, "Social Housing in Vienna: Reflections from Los Angeles Housing Leaders," shares specific insights from our Los Angeles cohort's Field Study from May 2023. https://lnkd.in/dnP6evqH #SocialHousing #GPLAVienna

Last Friday was a chance to present with RTPI colleagues from Norway and a pioneering community leader from Morvern in Scotland about 'Meeting Rural Housing Challenges in Norway and Scotland' for World Town Planning Day. I was able to: 1. do a (very) short intro to the Scottish planning and political system; 2. highlight the rural housing crisis in Scotland and the need for innovation; 3. showcase (with Sam Firth from Morvern) an innovative response to community-owned delivery of 21st century crofting; 4. explore some of the planning issues and obstacles that are still being faced despite NPF4s support for crofting and woodland crofting (and how to address these)...and advocate for support of such innovative community-led initiatives; 5. stress that we need to consider innovation in regulation not just innovation in delivery; 6. uncover that in Norway for 50 years a 'duty of occupation' legal mechanism has existed covering rural homes, allowing municipalities to ensure rural houses are retained as primary dwellings if required. This is rooted in a policy where second homes and primary homes are assigned different use classes (unlike in Scotland); 7. explain that in Scotland similar 'duty of occupation' controls do exist in the 1886 Crofting Act for this tenure type of rural housing... and as such controls are already fully supported by NPF4 and enshrined in our planning system; 8. and finally argue that in Scotland - where a Chief Planner letter (2011) strongly discourages the use of occupancy conditions - we nevertheless need to revisit this and also explore the idea of implementing use classes differentiating between second and primary homes. This to empower our local authorities to be able to prevent loss of primary dwelling stock to second home usage when required in specific locations...ensuring the potential application of a 'duty of occupation' as primary dwelling for all tenure types of rural homes, not just crofts. I'm convinced we need innovation in regulation not just delivery to meet the rural housing crisis, and that we have a model in our own culture of crofting that could be unpacked to serve everyone looking to live locally in rural Scotland, whatever the tenure. Please watch and comment with your thoughts! (and a big thanks to Julia Frost, Cliff Hague and RTPI Scotland for entrusting Place at the Table with the chance to speak)

From going green to a good neighbourhood to raise children - what do Irish people really think of their homes? Explore this question and many more with today's launch of the National Study of Housing Experiences, Attitudes and Aspirations in Ireland - Residential Satisfaction Report 2023. The report measures householders’ satisfaction levels with their homes and neighbourhoods and investigates their aspirations for future housing. You can read the report here - https://lnkd.in/ekGXyS6C

NEW at Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work: An excellent review of the new text from @haymarketbooks, "Abolition and Social Work: Possibilities, Paradoxes, and the Practice of Community Care." OPEN ACCESS: https://lnkd.in/gVjEn6Q8