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| The communities we have lost and can regain | | Author(s) | Michael Young, Gerard Lemos |
| Publisher | Lemos and Crane, London, 1997 |
| Pages | 116 pp |
| Source | Lemos and Crane, 20 Pond Square, London N6 6BA. |
| Keywords | Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Urban areas ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Housing [elderly] ; Housing Associations ; Self help organisations ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | The authors ask the most fundamental question facing social housing: what is a community, and how can it be brought about? In presenting their research, they make proposals about how social housing should be let, built and managed. Central to this is the concept of mutual aid - simultaneous reciprocity between two or more people, to embracing society as a whole. The authors report on their survey of what housing associations already do beyond the task of building and good management of social housing, as an example of formal mutual aid. On informal mutual aid, they suggest conditions which favour the development of a community in which people are good citizens to each other. However, some policy decisions have dealt with `need' to the detriment of community and mutual aid. The authors discuss ways of encouraging informal mutual aid, so that family and housing need are met: they suggest a Mutual Aid Compact alongside tenancy agreements. Some of the principles of mutual aid are applied to the wider community beyond social housing. The authors conclude with some recommendations: community, they propose, should be the purpose of housing policy, and mutual aid should be the means. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980707204 B |
| Classmark | RH: RK: F: KE: KKH: PQ: TM2 |
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