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Community-led housing (baugruppen:Germany, projets d'habitat participatif:France, habitat groupé:Belgium. social production of habitat:Latin America) is a method of forming future residents into a 'building group' who contribute to the design and development of new housing to meet their longer term needs, rather than leaving all design decisions to a developer looking to maximise the immediate financial return.
Working together in advance of construction helps to create a sense of community as members collaborate to identify their own priorities when designing their homes and shared spaces.
Groups of this sort were developing housing in Berlin in the early 2000s as the city was rebuilt following German reunification and emerging from a long tradition of self-initiated, community-oriented living and the shared responsibility of building in Germany.
In 2016 key principles for community-led housing were developed collaboratively with several organisations representing community-led housing as part of an alliance building activity coordinated by Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF).
The key principles are:
* The community is integrally involved throughout the process in key decisions like what is provided, where, and for who. They don't necessarily have to initiate the conversation, or build homes themselves.
* There is a presumption that the community group will take a long term formal role in the ownership, stewardship or management of the homes.
* The benefits of the scheme to the local area and/or specified community group are clearly defined and legally protected in perpetuity.
Individual schemes are designed to fit the needs of the communities involved and achieve specific outcomes and wider benefits.
Community-led housing (baugruppen:Germany, projets d'habitat participatif:France, habitat groupé:Belgium. social production of habitat:Latin America) is a method of forming future residents into a 'building group' who contribute to the design and development of new housing to meet their longer term needs, rather than leaving all design decisions to a developer looking to maximise the immediate financial return.
Working together in advance of construction helps to create a sense of community as members collaborate to identify their own priorities when designing their homes and shared spaces.
Groups of this sort were developing housing in Berlin in the early 2000s as the city was rebuilt following German reunification and emerging from a long tradition of self-initiated, community-oriented living and the shared responsibility of building in Germany.
Benefits
Identified benefits of community-led housing include: * Increased community confidence and cohesion: These are developed through the opportunity for the community to work together to influence their housing as formal stakeholders. * Skills development and employment: This can include the development of practical skills that help to develop the homes, such as plastering, plumbing and tiling. It can also include skills such as project management and community mobilisation in the planning of homes. * Addressing social challenges: Community-led housing projects can help to address social problems such as homelessness and loneliness. For example, certain projects help to tackle the challenges of supporting an elderly population. * Provision for a long-term legally protected benefit to the local or specified community via retained income from the housing provided.Key principles
In 2016 key principles for community-led housing were developed collaboratively with several organisations representing community-led housing as part of an alliance building activity coordinated by Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF).
The key principles are:
* The community is integrally involved throughout the process in key decisions like what is provided, where, and for who. They don't necessarily have to initiate the conversation, or build homes themselves.
* There is a presumption that the community group will take a long term formal role in the ownership, stewardship or management of the homes.
* The benefits of the scheme to the local area and/or specified community group are clearly defined and legally protected in perpetuity.
Individual schemes are designed to fit the needs of the communities involved and achieve specific outcomes and wider benefits.
Terminology
Terms used for this concept around the world include: * ''Baugruppe'' or ''Baugruppen'', which translates literally from German as 'building group' * ''Social production of habitat'' (internationally used) * ''Projets d'habitat participatif'' (France) * ''Habitat groupé'' (Belgium)Legal models
Common legal structures used to provide community-led housing in the UK include: *Charitable incorporated organisation
A Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) is a corporate form of business designed for (and only available to) charitable organisations in England and Wales, similar to (but with important differences from) a Scottish Charitable Incorporat ...
(CIO)
* Community association A community association is a nongovernmental association of participating members of a community, such as a neighborhood, village, condominium, cooperative, or group of homeowners or property owners in a delineated geographic area. Participation m ...
* Community benefit society (CBS or Bencom)
* Community charitable trust
* Community housing association
In Ireland and the United Kingdom, housing associations are private, Non-profit organization, non-profit making organisations that provide low-cost "Public housing in the United Kingdom, social housing" for people in need of a home. Any budge ...
* Community interest company (CIC)
* Community land trust
A community land trust (CLT) is a nonprofit corporation that holds land on behalf of a place-based community, while serving as the long-term steward for affordable housing, community gardens, civic buildings, commercial spaces and other community ...
(CLT)
* Company limited by guarantee
* Council TMO
* Development trust
Development trusts are organisations operating in the United Kingdom that are:
*community based, owned and led
*engaged in the economic, environmental and social regeneration of a defined area or community
*independent but seek to work in partners ...
* Housing association TMO
* Housing cooperative
* Industrial and provident society
An industrial and provident society (IPS) is a body corporate registered for carrying on any industries, businesses, or trades specified in or authorised by its rules.
The members of a society benefit from the protection of limited liability ...
* Mutual home ownership society
* Organisations with charitable status
See also
*Affordable housing
Affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a household income at or below the median as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index. Most of the literature on af ...
* Cohousing
Cohousing is an intentional community of private homes clustered around shared space. The term originated in Denmark in late 1960s. Each attached or single family home has traditional amenities, including a private kitchen. Shared spaces typic ...
* Cooperative
A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-contro ...
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