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.

info@edinburghtenants.org.uk

www.edinburghtenants.org.uk

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Edinburgh Tenants Federation

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