Recognising ownership: developing a mutual neighbourhood
Subject
Abstract
The present climate makes the opportunity for developing co-operative and mutual structures stronger than it has been for some time. Mutuality has offered viable alternative structures and systems the past but has been overtaken by other organisational forms. For housing there is a unique opportunity for mutual structures and organisations to make a difference. Before the “credit crunch” a number of policy strands had aligned which mutual and cooperative housing and neighbourhood organisations can play a critical role. With the added problem of economic downturn together with a resultant rethink around the prevailing economic system, the present configuration of the housing system is being undermined. The neighbourhoods offer a useful basis to consider mutualism as the basis of our houses and everyday life.