The Revival of the Social Housing Community

Providing security and shelter for the urban poor

Master thesis (2021)

Authors

A.J. van den Broek Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

A. Romein Architecture OTB (supervisor 1)
L.P.J. van den Burg Urban Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
S. Milani Theory, Territories & Transitions - Architecture and the Built Environment (coach)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2021 Jort van den Broek
London Right to the city Urban Planning Social housing Community Land Trust
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Published Date

28-06-2021

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

Adequate housing has long been considered a basic human right. Trends of globalisation, financialisation and urbanisation are oppressing this right. Social housing is neglected by authorities and stigmatised by society. Local, low-income residents are dispossessed and displaced, and social housing is close to disappearance. London has become a fragmented and unequal city, with an unbalanced governance. The power of the private investors induces that residents cannot make use of their right to the city. To recover the right to the city for all residents and to counteract the displacement and dispossession, a shift has to be made towards a revival of the social housing community, providing secure tenure and quality housing for the entire population. This graduation project introduces a community land trust growth model. By gradually taking land out of the market into a CLT, the residents are able to make their own decisions and improve their living conditions. The model provides tenure security and permanent affordability. The project designs a transparent and modular People’s Plan with a holistic, multiscalar vision providing secure tenure and quality housing for the urban poor.