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Social Housing Innovation in Lyon

Social Housing Innovation in Lyon. Jane Ball University of Sheffield. A Selective History . Lyon Catholics oppressed by Rome A banking, printing and religious centre in mediaeval times (but religious wars) A centre for the silk industry from end of 16th century

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Social Housing Innovation in Lyon

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  1. Social Housing Innovation in Lyon Jane Ball University of Sheffield

  2. A Selective History • Lyon Catholics oppressed by Rome • A banking, printing and religious centre in mediaeval times (but religious wars) • A centre for the silk industry from end of 16th century • Now: chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotech, software, financial services, tourism • Early construction of tower blocks of social housing by Tony Garnier in the Quartier des Etatsunis – 1938

  3. Lyon – Enthusiastic about social housing More than 20% From 16-20% From 12-16% Less than 12% LYON

  4. Transport Advantages

  5. Lyon – Lots of People to House • Population around 1.2 million in 2004 - a growing and comparatively young population • A history of housing labour, often immigrant labour , and receiving refugees from the Algerian war in 1958 • Enthusiastic construction in the 1960s and 70s means a large problem of repair now • 120,000 students to house • 124,782 social homes in 2005 • Extremely large concentration of social housing in particular areas

  6. Construction: Haussmanisation

  7. 60s and 70s: Concrete

  8. Apparently UnpromisingMulti-level Governance Political control in 2006 • Region - - - - - - -Left • Département- - - -Right • Communauté - - - - Left • Communes - - - - - Varied • Arrondissements- - -Varied but predominantly (in Lyon city) of the left

  9. Le Grand Lyon in 2007 Creating the city In the suburbs

  10. Special InstitutionsCommunauté of le Grand Lyon • 55 communes and establishedsince1966 • No housingduties but a major housingactor • Providesshortfall in construction finance • Promotesdynamicco-ordinatedpolicy • Allows: • Moving social tenants across the city for urbanrehabilitation • Pauses in construction to allowaccess for the disadvantaged • Constantlyleans on communes to facilitateotherpolicies

  11. Special Institutions Helping the Disadvantaged into Social Housing • Le SIAL – a dynamic prefectoral stream for the disadvantaged • Le CIOD – special inter-agency unit for moving families of the behaviourly challenged across town and re-housing victims of lead poisoning • Observatories in arrondissements working with commissions to decide priority applicants • A single reception for social housing applicants (normally fragmented)

  12. Conclusion • This presentation starts from the assumption that, generally, the disadvantaged are poorly catered for in France • Despite local dynamism a majority of communes can still exclude non-locals • Lyon always investigates and innovates and French housing policy often follows • But this means they can also be the first to make new mistakes

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