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Tenant Participation: Communities Influencing Change in Housing
Betty Stevenson and Clare MacGillivray
Aims of Workshop
o Social housing and tenant participation in Scotland
o Edinburgh Tenants Federation’s way of local collective community action
o Your experiences of collective action to influence power
o Opportunities for action in your home communities.
What we’ll do
S Say your own wordI InputD DiscussA Action!
What’s your passion?
The right to housing
“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and wellbeing of [them]self and of [their] family, including ... housing.”
Universal Declaration on Human Rights
(10th December 1948)
Tenants’ Charter
o “Right to healthy, safe, secure, affordable housing.
o Right to form tenants’ organisations and participate in decision making, free from discrimination.”
International Union of Tenants
(6th June 1974)
Scottish slums
Tenant activism
Social housing in Scotland
The Wheatley Act in 1924 extended Council house building by increasing the level of subsidy from the state.
New homes
Tenant participation
Edinburgh Tenants Federation
Our connections
Local action
Connecting citywide
The right to participate
National action
Award winners
Envisioning the Future
The Conversation
A deeper understanding
Questions to consider
How does collective action happen in your community?
What issues need to change in your community? What are the challenges you face and how do you
overcome them? What have you learned about the approach used
by Edinburgh Tenants you can take to your ‘home’ community?
What good practice tips can you share to help others in the group learn?
Your reflections
Connect with us
We would love to connect with people interested in our work.
www.edinburghtenants.org.uk
Facebook and Twitter
Edinburgh Tenants Federation
Thanks
