Housing As Commons

Author : Stavros Stavrides,Penny Travlou
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781786999993

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Housing as Commons by Stavros Stavrides,Penny Travlou Pdf

Experiences of the struggle for housing, ignited by the lack of social and affordable housing, have led to the establishing of shared and self-managed housing areas. In such a context, it becomes crucially important to re-think the need to define common urban worlds “from below". Here, Penny Travlou and Stavros Stavridis trace contemporary practices of urban commoning through which people re-define housing economies. Connecting to a rich literature on the importance of commons and of practices of commoning for the creation of emancipated societies, the authors discuss whether housing struggles and co-habitation experiences may contribute in crucial ways to the development of a commoning culture. The authors explore a variety of urban contexts through global case studies from across the Global North and South, in search of concrete examples that illustrate the potentialities of urban commoning.

Author : Stavros Stavrides,Massimo De Angelis,Penny Travlou
Publisher : In Common
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781786999979

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Housing as Commons by Stavros Stavrides,Massimo De Angelis,Penny Travlou Pdf

Experiences of the struggle for housing, ignited by the lack of social and affordable housing, have led to the establishing of shared and self-managed housing areas. In such a context, it becomes crucially important to re-think the need to define common urban worlds “from below". Here, Penny Travlou and Stavros Stavridis trace contemporary practices of urban commoning through which people re-define housing economies. Connecting to a rich literature on the importance of commons and of practices of commoning for the creation of emancipated societies, the authors discuss whether housing struggles and co-habitation experiences may contribute in crucial ways to the development of a commoning culture. The authors explore a variety of urban contexts through global case studies from across the Global North and South, in search of concrete examples that illustrate the potentialities of urban commoning.

Author : Associate Professor Stavros Stavrides
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781783603305

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Common Space by Associate Professor Stavros Stavrides Pdf

Space is both a product and a prerequisite of social relations, it has the potential to block and encourage certain forms of encounter. In Common Space, activist and architect Stavros Stavrides calls for us to conceive of space-as-commons – first, to think beyond the notions of public and private space, and then to understand common space not only as space that is governed by all and remains open to all, but that explicitly expresses, encourages and exemplifies new forms of social relations and of life in common. Through a fascinating, global examination of social housing, self-built urban settlements, street trade and art, occupied space, liberated space and graffiti, Stavrides carefully shows how spaces for commoning are created. Moreover, he explores the connections between processes of spatial transformation and the formation of politicised subjects to reveal the hidden emancipatory potential of contemporary, metropolitan life.

Author : Amanda Huron
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452956435

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Carving Out the Commons by Amanda Huron Pdf

An investigation of the practice of “commoning” in urban housing and its necessity for challenging economic injustice in our rapidly gentrifying cities Provoked by mass evictions and the onset of gentrification in the 1970s, tenants in Washington, D.C., began forming cooperative organizations to collectively purchase and manage their apartment buildings. These tenants were creating a commons, taking a resource—housing—that had been used to extract profit from them and reshaping it as a resource that was collectively owned by them. In Carving Out the Commons, Amanda Huron theorizes the practice of urban “commoning” through a close investigation of the city’s limited-equity housing cooperatives. Drawing on feminist and anticapitalist perspectives, Huron asks whether a commons can work in a city where land and other resources are scarce and how strangers who may not share a past or future come together to create and maintain commonly held spaces in the midst of capitalism. Arguing against the romanticization of the commons, she instead positions the urban commons as a pragmatic practice. Through the practice of commoning, she contends, we can learn to build communities to challenge capitalism’s totalizing claims over life.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1803
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : SRLF:C0000032052

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Journals of the House of Commons by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Canada
ISBN : PSU:000070388374

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House of Commons Debates, Official Report by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Communities and Local Government Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0215061764

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House of Commons - Communities and Local Government Committee: The Work Of The Regulation Committee Of The Homes And Communities Agengy - HC 130 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Communities and Local Government Committee Pdf

Despite acknowledging that a 'handful' of providers give him concern, the Regulator is reluctant to give them lower financial viability ratings, fearing that doing so might trigger an upward re-pricing of their debt. Instead, the Regulator uses governance ratings to signal concerns about financial viability. This practice lacks openness and should stop and accurate financial viability ratings should be published. The fear of triggering a re-pricing also prevents the Regulator from using many of his statutory powers, preferring to adopt informal approaches instead. This lacks transparency and risks too close a relationship developing between the Regulator and providers. The devolved administrations' housing regulators, not to mention regulators in other sectors, must encounter similar dilemmas. The Regulator should work with them to see how they have addressed his concern that the use of statutory powers could prove counter-productive. The Committee's concerns are underlined by the case of Cosmopolitan Housing Group, which came close to insolvency in 2012. The Regulator only lowered its financial viability rating for Cosmopolitan in December 2012, despite the fact that he had been monitoring the situation for months and the possibility of insolvency had been raised in the media two months previously. The report also raises concerns about how effectively the Regulator is discharging his remit for consumer regulation. Noting that of 111 complaints related to consumer standards referred to the Regulator no case of serious consumer detriment was found, the Report calls for an annual external check to be carried out to provide assurance that the Regulator is discharging his duties effectively

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Scottish Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Housing policy
ISBN : 0215065824

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House of Commons - Scottish Affairs Committee: The Impact of the Bedroom Tax in Scotland: Interim Report - HC 288 by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Scottish Affairs Committee Pdf

The Scottish Affairs Committee calls for the repeal of the Bedroom Tax. While this is being considered, the Committee calls on the Government to suspend application of the Bedroom Tax for all those tenants to whom a reasonable alternative offer cannot be made. There are not enough smaller houses available for tenants to transfer into. The lack of any alternative offers means that tenants have no choice but to go into arrears if they simply cannot afford the extra costs. Other amendments proposed for the operation of the tax include: exemptions for those disabled people who require a room to store or use equipment or aids; non application where it would be financially perverse to do so - eg where removing fixed aids and adaptations, and then reinstalling them in a smaller home, would be more expensive than the savings over two years; all children of secondary school age should be allowed a bedroom of their own to allow quiet study; all disabled children, of whatever age, should have a bedroom of their own. The Committee also calls for changes to the system of Discretionary Housing Payments, which have been designed by the Government to mitigate the worst impacts of the Bedroom Tax. There should be a standard nationwide entitlement system, across the UK as a whole, rather than the present postcode lottery. The UK and Scottish Governments should make longer term commitments to the provision of DHP payments in order to allow local authorities to plan and structure their budgets.

Author : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1146 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Canada
ISBN : IOWA:31858028224537

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Official Report of Debates, House of Commons by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0215063317

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House of Commons - Committee of Public Accounts: The New Homes Bonus - HC 114 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts Pdf

The New Homes Bonus was introduced as a financial incentive for local authorities to encourage the building of new homes. The scheme is funded from existing local authority grants. £7.5 billion will have been redistributed between councils by 2018-19, so there is a lot of money at stake. It is clearly vital that the incentives work and the Government achieves its aim. It is therefore disappointing that after more than two years of the scheme being up and running, no evaluation is in place and no credible data is available to show whether the scheme is working or not. So far the areas which have gained most money tend to be the areas where housing need is lowest. The areas that have lost most tend to be those where needs are greatest. The Department has yet to demonstrate whether the New Homes Bonus works. Is it helping to create more new homes than would have been built anyway? Is it the best way for Government to use its limited resources to create more homes where they are needed most? Its planned evaluation of the Bonus scheme is now urgent

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Treasury Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0215063473

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House of Commons - Treasury Committee: Appointment of Sir John Cunliffe as Deputy Bank of England Governor - HC 689-II by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Treasury Committee Pdf

Written evidence can be found on the Committee's website at www.parliament.uk/treascom

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555101200

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Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : Great Britain House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1014 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1808
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10213066

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Journals of the House of Commons by Great Britain House of Commons Pdf

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Education Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0215069420

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House of Commons - Education Committee: Residential Childrens' Homes - HC 716 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Education Committee Pdf

In this report the Education Committee recommends that children in care should be found residential homes in their own areas and local authorities should ensure that they have enough suitable placements to make this possible. The Committee was concerned at the number of children being placed in homes far from their own communities and families, and the Government should look at the impact of introducing a 20 mile limit on placements to increase incentives on local authorities to develop more facilities. It is also a matter of great concern that children are being placed in homes located in unsuitable and dangerous areas. The Government must act if its latest reforms do not adequately address this problem. The report also calls for: better training and development of the workforce in children's homes to ensure that staff and managers have the skills and outlook to create a culture which promotes the safety and welfare of children living in them; a national protocol that allows children's homes to deal with incidents of challenging behaviour to avoid the over-criminalisation of children; children to be given a greater role in selecting residential care workers.

Author : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1220 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Canada
ISBN : NYPL:33433014110765

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Official Report of the Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf