HOUSING PRIVATISATION, 30 YEARS ON: TIME FOR A CRITICAL RE-APPRAISAL
26- 27 JULY 2010, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
PARALLEL SESSION: ALTERNATIVES TO THE MARKET
Beginning with the Conservative government’s Right to Buy policy in
1980, UK social housing has been subject to a range of policy
initiatives designed to modernise the sector via market mechanisms.
However, a parallel set of processes have also been occurring. As
public sector housing has declined, housing that is controlled and owned
by the local community has been increasingly promoted by government.
These models of community housing provision, which include
tenant-management co-operatives, housing co-operatives, and more
recently, community-land trusts, represent important and significant
alternatives to the market. In doing so, they shift the emphasis from
the public to the voluntary sector through an emphasis on community
empowerment and asset-ownership. They have at their core the values of
self-help and volunteerism, and play an important role in encouraging
active, responsible citizenship.
This parallel session aims to build and develop our critical
understanding of community housing provision as a valuable ‘alternative
to the market’. Papers are welcome from all sections of the housing
community. Abstract deadline: 31 March 2010.
Convened by Kim McKee (University of Glasgow), [log in to unmask]
Tom Moore (Sheffield Hallam University), [log in to unmask]
For further details about the conference, including registration please
see the website:
http://www.geog.leeds.ac.uk/research/conferences/housing-privatisation-conference.htm
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