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Abstract
‘Essential reading for decision makers and those on the front-line concerned with the provision of housing fit for the new millennium. The reform of housing policy is essential if we are to meet the challenge of combating social exclusion.’ Chris Pond MP
‘We strongly need new ideas which place decent, affordable housing at the heart of policy to create inclusive and sustainable communities. This book offers new thinking to achieve these aims.’ Chris Holmes, Director of Shelter
‘This book is a valuable contribution to developing new thinking in housing.’ David Butler, Chartered Institute of Housing
The Labour Housing Group (LHG) has been at the forefront of the housing debate for the past decade. In this ground breaking study, the LHG explores how housing can contribute to the ‘Third Way’ agenda of addressing social exclusion by involving stakeholders, balancing state and market interests and addressing devolution.
The distinguished contributors to this volume – ranging from members of the Labour government to well-known practitioners and academics – examine ways in which the much-touted ‘Third Way’ can be translated from rhetoric into real and meaningful practice that has a positive impact on the lives of the community.
The debate over the provision of adequate housing for all is scrutinised from a variety of perspectives, such as that of consumer, of provider, and of regulator. The authors make explicit the links between housing, health and the environment; set out a new agenda for housing; and explore what the ‘Third Way’ might mean for housing stakeholders and those working in or studying housing and social policy.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dedication | iii | ||
| Acknowledgements | iv | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| List of Tables | ix | ||
| Foreword | x | ||
| 1. Introduction | 1 | ||
| THE DAWNING OF A NEW ERA IN HOUSING AND SOCIAL POLICY? | 1 | ||
| THE PURPOSE OF THE BOOK | 5 | ||
| STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK | 5 | ||
| REFERENCES | 7 | ||
| 2. The Third Way | 8 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 8 | ||
| ( RE- ) DISCOVERING A THIRD WAY? | 10 | ||
| HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE | 12 | ||
| COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE | 13 | ||
| DEFINING THE THIRD WAY | 15 | ||
| ELEMENTS OF THIRD WAY THINKING | 18 | ||
| HOUSING POLICY AND AN HOLISTIC APPROACH | 21 | ||
| HOUSING PRACTICE AND THE THIRD WAY | 25 | ||
| CONCLUSIONS | 27 | ||
| REFERENCES | 28 | ||
| Part 1. Making the Connections | 33 | ||
| Introduction | 35 | ||
| REFERENCES | 39 | ||
| 3. Housing and the Environment | 40 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 40 | ||
| HOUSING AND THE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA | 41 | ||
| SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND HOUSING | 43 | ||
| SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS | 45 | ||
| HOUSING DESIGN AND MATERIALS | 46 | ||
| HOUSING AND HEALTH | 47 | ||
| HOUSING AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY | 48 | ||
| INDICATORS FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSING | 49 | ||
| CONCLUSIONS | 50 | ||
| REFERENCES | 51 | ||
| 4. Housing and Health | 54 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 54 | ||
| LINKS BETWEEN HOUSING AND HEALTH | 54 | ||
| COORDINATION OF HOUSING AND HEALTH SERVICES | 56 | ||
| TOWARDS A NEW GOVERNMENT AGENDA FOR HOUSING AND HEALTH | 58 | ||
| Coordinated Policy Aims | 58 | ||
| Financial Measures | 60 | ||
| Better Housing Standards | 61 | ||
| Administrative Arrangements | 63 | ||
| CONCLUSIONS | 64 | ||
| REFERENCES | 64 | ||
| 5. Housing and Social Exclusion | 67 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 67 | ||
| CURRENT ACTIVITIES BY SOCIAL HOUSING PROVIDERS | 69 | ||
| SOCIAL LANDLORDS: SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS | 72 | ||
| FUTURE DIRECTIONS | 74 | ||
| Work in the Housing Sector | 74 | ||
| Access to the Labour Market | 74 | ||
| Community Business and Intermediate Labour Market Projects | 75 | ||
| Tackling Poverty for the Non Employed | 75 | ||
| Improving the Quality of Life | 76 | ||
| Social Inclusion for the Non Employed | 76 | ||
| CHANGING THE NATIONAL VISION | 77 | ||
| REFERENCES | 78 | ||
| 6. Housing and Education | 80 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 80 | ||
| LEARNING AND EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT | 82 | ||
| YOUNG PEOPLE, HOMELESSNESS AND EDUCATION | 84 | ||
| CHILDREN, HOUSING AND SCHOOLS | 86 | ||
| LOCAL GOVERNMENT | 87 | ||
| LOCAL INITIATIVES | 89 | ||
| CONCLUSIONS | 90 | ||
| REFERENCES | 91 | ||
| 7. Housing and Europe | 94 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 94 | ||
| THE EURO AND HOUSING FINANCE | 95 | ||
| CONVERGENCE CRITERIA AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS EXPENDITURE ON HOUSING | 97 | ||
| MACROECONOMICS AND HOUSING | 98 | ||
| SOCIAL HOUSING PROVIDERS AND THE SUPPLY OF RENTED HOUSING | 99 | ||
| HOUSING, SUBSIDIARITY AND LEAKAGE | 101 | ||
| TYPES OF SUBSIDY | 102 | ||
| CONCLUSIONS | 103 | ||
| REFERENCES | 104 | ||
| 8. An American Perspective | 106 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 106 | ||
| HOUSING OBJECTIVES AND THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION | 107 | ||
| BALANCING RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN PUBLIC HOUSING | 107 | ||
| CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL CAPITAL | 109 | ||
| REINVENTION OF GOVERNMENT | 114 | ||
| CONCLUSIONS | 115 | ||
| REFERENCES | 115 | ||
| Part 2. Visions for Housing | 117 | ||
| Introduction | 119 | ||
| REFERENCES | 121 | ||
| 9. A New Vision for Housing in England | 122 | ||
| A NEW VISION AND A PRACTICAL RESPONSE | 122 | ||
| THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT'S EARLY PRIORITIES | 123 | ||
| THE PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING THE GOVERNMENT'S APPROACH TO HOUSING | 125 | ||
| Making the Housing Market Work for Everyone | 126 | ||
| Empowering the Individual | 129 | ||
| Best Value in Housing | 130 | ||
| Strengthening Communities | 131 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 132 | ||
| 10. Challenges and Opportunities: A Scottish Vision for Housing | 133 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 133 | ||
| CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE | 133 | ||
| Conditions, Finance and Tenure | 133 | ||
| Discrimination and Disadvantage | 136 | ||
| Management and Participation | 136 | ||
| THE OPPORTUNITIES | 137 | ||
| The Parliament | 137 | ||
| 11. A Vision for Wales | 144 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 144 | ||
| BACKGROUND | 144 | ||
| The Welsh Context | 144 | ||
| The Housing Inheritance of the National Assembly | 146 | ||
| KEY CURRENT THEMES | 148 | ||
| Housing and Social Exclusion | 148 | ||
| Putting Communities First | 149 | ||
| FUTURE POLICY DEVELOPMENT | 150 | ||
| Meeting Housing Needs in Better Ways | 150 | ||
| Improving Housing Services | 152 | ||
| Finding the Money for Housing | 153 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 154 | ||
| REFERENCES | 154 | ||
| 12. A Vision for Northern Ireland | 156 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 156 | ||
| PUBLIC HOUSING POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES | 157 | ||
| OTHER RENTAL HOUSING | 159 | ||
| OWNER OCCUPATION | 160 | ||
| NEW DIRECTIONS FOR SOCIAL HOUSING | 161 | ||
| FINANCE FOR SOCIAL HOUSING | 163 | ||
| CONCLUSIONS | 164 | ||
| REFERENCES | 166 | ||
| Part 3. Stakeholders | 167 | ||
| Introduction | 169 | ||
| REFERENCES | 172 | ||
| 13. Tenants as Stakeholders | 173 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 173 | ||
| BACKGROUND | 174 | ||
| PROBLEMS | 176 | ||
| POSSIBILITIES FOR CHANGE | 177 | ||
| All Social Landlords Can Make Themselves More Democratically Accountable | 178 | ||
| All Social Landlords Can Give Tenants a Direct Role in Setting, Monitoring and Enforcing All Aspects of Housing Performance and Service Standards | 178 | ||
| All Social Landlords Can Introduce Contractual Rights for Tenants to be Informed, Consulted and Involved at Individual and Collective Levels | 179 | ||
| The Government Could Introduce Statutory Rights and a New Single Form of Tenancy for all Social Housing Tenants | 179 | ||
| The Government Could Introduce a New Single Form of Tenancy to Give the Same Core Statutory Rights, Including Security of Tenure and Consultation and Participation Rights, for all Social Housing Tenants | 179 | ||
| Tenants Could be Given Specific Rights to Enforce Service Standards and Their Landlord s Obligations and Contractual Commitments | 180 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 180 | ||
| REFERENCES | 181 | ||
| 14. Local Governance: What Future? | 183 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 183 | ||
| THE INHERITANCE: WHAT THE CONSERVATIVES DID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT | 184 | ||
| LABOUR'S NEW AGENDA | 187 | ||
| THE FUTURE OF REFORM UNDER NEW LABOUR | 190 | ||
| REFERENCES | 192 | ||
| 15. A Community Perspective | 193 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 193 | ||
| PUBLIC RENTED HOUSING | 194 | ||
| WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? | 195 | ||
| TOWARDS A COMMUNITY VISION | 197 | ||
| The Political Case | 197 | ||
| The Service Case | 200 | ||
| HOW DO COMMUNITY BASED HOUSING ORGANISATIONS WORK? | 201 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 203 | ||
| REFERENCES | 203 | ||
| 16. The Empowerment of Black and Minority Ethnic Stakeholders | 205 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 205 | ||
| CURRENT HOUSING OUTCOMES IN BRITAIN | 206 | ||
| THE ROLE OF THE FREE MARKET | 208 | ||
| THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL RENTED SECTOR | 211 | ||
| The Actions of Individual Gatekeepers | 211 | ||
| The Actions of Organisations and the Local State | 212 | ||
| Structural Influences | 213 | ||
| THE BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC HOUSING MOVEMENT | 214 | ||
| THE THIRD WAY | 217 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 219 | ||
| REFERENCES | 220 | ||
| 17. A Financial Perspective | 225 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 225 | ||
| BACKGROUND | 226 | ||
| FUTURE ISSUES | 226 | ||
| A WAY FORWARD | 230 | ||
| POSITIVE RESULTS | 231 | ||
| COSTS AND BENEFITS | 232 | ||
| BASIC LENDING PRINCIPLES | 232 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 233 | ||
| 18. A Regulation Perspective | 235 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 235 | ||
| BACKGROUND | 236 | ||
| THE CURRENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK | 237 | ||
| THE FUTURE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK | 239 | ||
| CONCLUSIONS | 241 | ||
| 19. Conclusions | 243 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 243 | ||
| PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES | 244 | ||
| A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE | 247 | ||
| HOUSING PRACTICE | 248 | ||
| REFERENCES | 250 | ||
| List of Contributors | 251 | ||
| EDITOR | 251 | ||
| CONTRIBUTORS | 251 | ||
| Index | 253 | ||
| Accounts Commission for Scotland 238 | 238 | ||
| Adamson, D. 148 | 148 | ||
| African Caribbean community | 207 | ||
| 207 | 207 | ||
| 209 | 209 | ||
| after school/homework clubs | 80 | ||
| 80 | 80 | ||
| 90 | 90 | ||
| Agenda 21 42 | 42 | ||
| allotments 46 | 46 | ||
| Armitage, R. 70 | 70 | ||
| Armstrong, H. 191 | 191 | ||
| Ashdown, Paddy 19 | 19 | ||
| Audit Commission 238 | 238 | ||
| Bachan, R. 55 | 55 | ||
| Ball, M. 89-90 | 89 | ||
| Bangaladeshi community 207 | 207 | ||
| Barrow, M. 55 | 55 | ||
| Battle, J. 23 | 23 | ||
| Bayley, R. 81 | 81 | ||
| Beider, H. 217 | 217 | ||
| Belfast Improved Houses 162 | 162 | ||
| benefit system | 61 |