Public Housing Redevelopment: Opportunity for Community Regeneration?

Hoatson, Lesley; Grace, Marty

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“…There is a strand of research that extols the merits of tenant participation. So, for example, Hoatson and Grace (2002) and Arthurson's (2003) study of urban renewal projects in Australia, claim that tenant participation, particularly in the design process of a renewal project, can provide a vehicle for policymakers to establish sustainable neighbourhoods.…”

Section: The Sometimes Limited Aims Of Housing Researchmentioning

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Damned by Place, then by Politics: Spatial Disadvantage and the Housing Policy-research Interface

Atkinson

Jacobs

2010

International Journal of Housing Policy

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In this paper we engage with some fundamental questions about the focus and conduct of academic research and its potential influence on policy in relation to social problems. We use the example of public housing and social-spatial disadvantage as a basis to advance an analysis of the housing researcher's role in informing and framing the policymaking process and its links to research evidence. Although our paper uses the example of Australia, the arguments presented are also applicable to other nation states, such as the UK and US, that have an under-funded public housing stock. The paper proceeds in three stages. First, we detail the role and function of public housing in Australian cities and the politics surrounding public investment in welfare provision. Second, we discuss a series of models developed around the kind of research narratives that have been linked to policy on public housing and neighbourhoods from the academy, arguing that the social composition and management of 'place' has been emphasised at the expense of structural imperatives. Third, we examine some of the more abstract concerns raised by the linkages we make, and the potentially delimited role of academic research on social problems such as poverty and locational disadvantage. We conclude the paper by arguing that the weak position of housing research has fuelled an internalised narrative-driven pragmatic realism that has occluded more useful accounts about the nature of social problems. It is therefore incumbent on researchers to challenge, in a more vigorous way, the narratives underpinning this self-restraining form of policy-realism.Neighbourhood effects, social science, evidence, progress, housing, Australia, research, policy,

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Section: The Sometimes Limited Aims Of Housing Researchmentioning

confidence: 98%

Damned by Place, then by Politics: Spatial Disadvantage and the Housing Policy-research Interface

Atkinson

Jacobs

2010

International Journal of Housing Policy

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“…This paper will mainly focus on US programmes; however, it has implications for all nations who have moved toward a more marketbased, mixed income housing strategy. The US programmes might be unique in their more pronounced opposition from affluent residents; however, the degree that public housing residents achieve positive social outcomes in mixed income settings appears to be a concern among all nations involved in such programmes (see, for example, Kleit, 2005;Hoatson and Grace, 2002;Arthurson, 2002). Moreover, there is evidence that race and class relations are growing concerns around the world (Young, 1999), although there is some debate over the degree and implications of segregation in Europe (see Johnston et al, 2005;Simpson, 2004).…”

Section: Mixed Income Housingmentioning

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“…According to Libson (2007), the residents' 'interests and desires were no longer a priority in the redevelopment of their community, and the number of subsidized units set to be included diminished from nearly 600 to, finally, less than 300' (p. 100). Hoatson and Grace (2002) contend that implementation strategies must consider the power differential between stakeholders and avoid tokenism. They suggest that public housing residents should contribute significantly to project plans, given that they are the ones who will be most directly impacted, and propose a proactive strategy for ensuring that residents are not barred from participation based on time and distance barriers.…”

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Mixed income housing policy and public housing residents' `right to the city'

Duke

2009

Critical Social Policy

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Economic integration through various mixed income housing strategies has become the dominant housing policy in many parts of the world. In the United States, this strategy involves a restructuring of space often with conflict. Henri Lefebvre's 'right to the city' is used to conduct a socio-spatial analysis of mixed income housing programmes, including the degree that integration increases public housing residents' access to diverse neighbourhoods, the use value of a city, and participatory space. The paper concludes that mixed income housing has the potential to increase public housing residents' 'right to the city' but that policy implementers need to be proactive in the face of barriers such as community opposition to subsidized housing that can hinder the right. Future research should focus on evaluating the benefits of mixed income housing policy for neediest residents and ways to increase their rights to social, economic and political space.

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“…These conflicts tend to be dominated by evictions and vertical clashes between civil society visà-vis the state or developers (Andri A, 2011;Sutanudjaja et al, 2019;Syafruddin & Adi, 2017); However, the redevelopment plan conflict in Rumah Susun Klender is different from the common cases. For example, public housing redevelopment issues outside Indonesia, such as Australia, where, despite the redevelopment receiving pro and cons from residents who were the target of the program, the redevelopment did not trigger an organized protest movement from resistance groups (Hoatson & Grace, 2002;Wynne & Rogers, 2020).…”

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Emergence of mobilization challenger in the field: An anti-redevelopment movement of Rumah Susun Klender in East Jakarta

Anugrah

2021

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This article aims to analyze the emergence of challengers of mobilization in the case of a movement against the redevelopment plan of Rumah Susun Klender in East Jakarta using a field theory approach. Mobilization issues around housing in Indonesia are not new, but it is still dominated by evictions issues. Therefore, the Rumah Susun Klender case can be considered unique. Using the case study method, data were obtained through several observation techniques, such as document study and indepth interviews with 10 informants. The results of the analysis reveal that the transformation of people resistance into the emergence of Paguyuban Tandingan (rival organization) as challenger of mobilization is not merely caused by redevelopment plans. Indeed, it was generated by an initial contention (internal dynamics) that occurred between the residents and the Association of Apartment Owners and Occupants (P3SRS). The residents who are anti-redevelopment was consolidated by, and joined with, the rival organization to take over P3SRS’ authority as a governance unit to achieve one goal: cancelling the redevelopment plan.

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Public Housing Redevelopment: Opportunity for Community Regeneration?

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

Damned by Place, then by Politics: Spatial Disadvantage and the Housing Policy-research Interface

Damned by Place, then by Politics: Spatial Disadvantage and the Housing Policy-research Interface

Mixed income housing policy and public housing residents' `right to the city'

Emergence of mobilization challenger in the field: An anti-redevelopment movement of Rumah Susun Klender in East Jakarta

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