After Grenfell: safe and secure homes for all

2019 ◽  
pp. 227-244
Author(s):  
Stuart Hodkinson
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Phase Out

This chapter is the conclusion of the book. It sets out a vision of immediate and gradual reforms needed for ending the era of unsafe regeneration and housing provision in the outsourced state. A first section sets out the scale of the housing safety and insecurity crisis that confronts us. A second section then sets out three policy lessons raised by Grenfell and my own research on outsourced regeneration under PFI still being ignored by government to ensure that all homes are secure and safe to live in and that residents’ voices are democratically enshrined in housing governance: the need to restore accountability and power to residents; the need to re-regulate construction and housing provision in the interests of safety; and the need to end the privatisation disaster through a programme of gradual reforms that will gradually phase out PFI and outsourcing, push back the financialisation of housing and land, and restore a reinvented public housing model based on the Bevanite principle of treating housing as ‘a social service’ and not a commodity that is democratically accountable to its residents.

Safe as houses

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Hodkinson
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Private Finance Initiative ◽  
New Model ◽  
Private Finance ◽  
Comprehensive Account

As the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire has slowly revealed a shadowy background of outsourcing and deregulation, and a council turning a blind eye to health and safety concerns, many questions need answers. Stuart Hodkinson has those answers. Safe as Houses weaves together Stuart’s research over the last decade with residents’ groups in council regeneration projects across London to provide the first comprehensive account of how Grenfell happened and how it could easily have happened in multiple locations across the country. It draws on different examples of unsafe housing either refurbished or built by private companies under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) to show the terrible human consequences of outsourcing and deregulation that have enabled developers, banks, and investors to profiteer from highly lucrative, taxpayer-funded contracts. The book also provides shocking testimonies of how councils and other public bodies have continuously sided with their private partners, doing everything in their power to ignore, deflect, and even silence those who speak out. The book concludes that the only way to end the era of unsafe regeneration and housing provision is to end the disastrous regime of self-regulation for good. This means strengthening safety laws, creating new enforcement agencies independent of government and industry, and replacing PFI and similar models of outsourcing with a new model of public housing that treats the provision of shelter as ‘a social service’ democratically accountable to its residents.

scholarly journals The resurgence of public housing provision in China: the Chongqing programme

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 428-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Zhou ◽  
Richard Ronald
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Housing Provision

scholarly journals Assessing the Egyptian Public Housing Policies and Governance Modes (1952-2020), Towards Achieving a Sustainable Integrated Urban Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-30
Author(s):  
Hager Abdel-Rahman ◽  
Yasser Elsayed ◽  
Doaa Abouelmagd
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
The State ◽  
Open Door Policy ◽  
Housing Program ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
Housing Policies ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
Governance Modes

Public housing provision is one of the most urgent problems in Egypt; over the last 70 years, the leading provider was the state, problems were coping with the high demand, as well as the quality of the units concerning household's requirements.This paper discusses and analyzes the development of the international housing policies for low-income categories, from direct provision to sustainable integrated approach, compared to Egypt's public housing policies, governance modes during the last 70 years. This paper divides this period into four main phases according to the state political and economic approach in each phase, starting with the first intention for public housing projects through socialism, passing by the open door policy, capitalism, and the variety of housing schemes. Finally, the state initiatives after 2011 through the national social housing program.

scholarly journals THE POLYVOCALITY IN ACTION: EMBODYING THE EPIPHANY ON PUBLIC HOUSING CONUNDRUM

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1396-1417
Author(s):  
Resi Ariyasa Qadri ◽  
Amrie Firmansyah
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government ◽  
Decision Making Model ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Purpose of the study: This paper aims to elaborate on how the institutional logic of public housing provision transforms from the old logic into the new logic. By encapsulating tacit-knowledge from the shift, this study focuses on how to explicate a model of multi-criteria decision-making for executing official residence projects in Indonesia. This research also aims to recuperate the future of the public residency field. Methodology: The methodology employed was a mixed method. The qualitative method was firstly applied by utilizing semi-structured interviews to build a decision-making model. Later, a quantitative method was implemented to improve the consistency of the model by using the Analytical Hierarchy Process protocols. Thirteen project representatives and ten decision-makers were being involved as the main informants. Google Sheets web-based software was applied for analyzing survey results by making use of a mathematical model for the Analytical Hierarchy Process. Main Findings: The result indicates that land not used as paddy field, fair house price, safe from flood location, serene ambiance, and developer experience has played a significant part in affecting buying decisions for residency projects. To carry out the new method, the total scores of the AHP calculation should be above 50. Otherwise, the government shall opt for the old mechanism. Applications of this study: The paper contributes to the public sector accounting field in the area of asset management and public housing procurement. The paper also gives a strong basis for the field to make use of the model of Indonesia's public housing provision. The government can adopt the research framework for choosing the new model or the old one. Novelty/Originality of this study: This study might be the only one of its kind. The research was using a multi-method to achieve the objectives. To generate a multi-criteria decision-making model, grounded data of excessive interviews were abstracted. Then the abstracted tacit-knowledge was tested with AHP to provide a consistent model.

scholarly journals Assessing Organizational Capacity in Housing Provision: a Survey of Public Housing Agencies in Ogun State, Nigeria

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 275-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eziyi O. Ibem
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Organizational Capacity ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Public Agencies ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Southwest Nigeria

Organizational capacity is essential for effective implementation of policies and programmes. Consequently, assessment of organizational capacity helps organizations to identify their strength and weakness in order to make informed decisions about how best to address challenges they face. The goal of this study was to assess the status of organizational capacity of public housing agencies in housing provision in Ogun State Southwest Nigeria. It was motivated by a gap in literature on the specific areas that contribute most to organizational capacity of public agencies in housing provision in Nigeria. Using questionnaire as the principal data collection instrument, primary data were collected from randomly selected 90 staff members involved in the design, planning, implementation and management of public housing projects in four public housing agencies in the study area. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, and the result showed that most respondents felt that the overall organizational capacity of the agencies in housing provision was adequate. Management capacity was found to be slightly higher than resource capacity with the agencies having most strength in leadership style and weakness in the methods of administration of funds for housing projects. Substantial need and capacity building was found in critical areas such as funding, staff motivation and methods of dispensing of funds for housing projects. The paper suggests that partnerships with private sector organizations, robust staff well-fare schemes and re-training of staff can enhance organizational capacity of public agencies in public housing provision in Nigeria and other developing countries.

Subsidized Housing With Services to Address Concentrated Disadvantage

2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-314
Author(s):  
Daniel Brisson
Keyword(s):  
Public Housing ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Subsidized Housing ◽  
Standardized Assessments ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Public Administrators ◽  
Concentrated Disadvantage ◽  
Housing Provision ◽  
Low Income Families

The issue of poverty is exacerbated by the concentration of low-income families in neighborhoods of concentrated disadvantage. Public administrators in housing and social services are uniquely situated to address poverty and concentrated disadvantage through an explicit housing with services agenda. This article provides a theoretical and empirical review of issues associated with poverty and concentrated disadvantage from the perspective of subsidized housing provision. The review leads to the recommendation that administrators provide housing with services. The article finishes with an agenda for placing standardized assessments that are connected to evidence-based services within the delivery of public housing.

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