Local Government

Ideas for change: Community-led self-help housing

Canopy in Leeds provides a self-help housing option for homeless people

A new era of housing organisations is coming up from the streets, taking over empty properties and helping re-build communities, as Jon Fitzmaurice explains.

Many people have now forgotten that quite a few of today’s largest housing associations had very modest beginnings and were often the creation of local activists. For instance, huge organisations like Paragon, Midland Heart, Genesis, Notting Hill and Hyde all started off as very small scale initiatives, driven by groups of people simply getting hold of a few empty street properties.

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Power to the people: evidencing true social value

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Can councils build their way out of the housing crisis?

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A localised approach to the living wage

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How to get maximum social value from procurement

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Local ‘super hubs’ proposed to support families

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The price of not paying a living wage

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A living wage is just the start

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Councils must make their contracts living wage

Islington Council is leading the campaign with Citizens UK for a living wage in local government. We believe that no-one should have to do a hard day’s work for less than they can live on. So we are putting our money where our mouth is to recognise the dignity of work.