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As set in this directory of practice, CollaborAGE the Housing LIN has long been a champion of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) and how it aligns with community-led housing and coproduced approaches to create more resilient communities that care and support each other.
In this session, we took deep dive into why ABCD is an important ingredient in nurturing local communities to break down barriers and have an inclusive voice and collectively shape the neighbourhoods they live in.
We also explored cohousing and how as a social and physical asset it connects people and places to provide an attractive housing and lifestyle alternative for people who have a strong community-driven value base and a desire to challenge the social, health and housing inequalities in our communities.
Chaired by Bruce Moore, CEO at Housing 21, who will be speaking and joined by:
- Cormac Russell, Founding Director of Nuture Development and co-author of his most recent book, ‘The Connected Community- Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods’.
- Lucy Hales, Head of Cohousing at Housing 21, on their strategic direction and operational experiences of creating cohousing solutions in deprived neighbourhoods.
- Dr Yael Arbell from the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research at Sheffield Hallam University who specialises in research on cohousing and inequalities.
- Professor Karen West and Dr Jim Hudson, University of Bristol School for Policy Studies who lead on the Collaborative Housing in Care (CHIC) Project.
We are thankful to this session's sponsor, Housing 21.
Event feedback:
- Very thought provoking and insightful - thank you!
- A broad subject to tackle and the panel provided a diverse and inspiring range of perspectives.
- Excellent presentations by all and incredibly informative.
