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Housing Associations, Stock transfer and Regeneration Adrian N orridge Housing Research B ursary. Dr. Declan R edmond (UCD) & Dr. Rory H earne (Dolphin Community Alliance/ Barnardos ). Research Brief. Need for regeneration. Value community Value place Social investment.
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Housing Associations, Stock transfer and RegenerationAdrian Norridge Housing Research Bursary Dr. Declan Redmond (UCD) & Dr. Rory Hearne (Dolphin Community Alliance/Barnardos)
Need for regeneration Value community Value place Social investment • Poor housing • Poor Environment • Poor quality of life • Abandonment • Population dispersal
Interviews Other interview: DoECLG DCC Other experts
Case studies St. Michaels – Longford ST. Patricks – ballina
St. Michaels Estate context Transfer Consultation
St Michael’s • ‘Good communication by Clúid’ • ‘Plenty of meetings were held with good notice to all concerned’ • ‘Good one-to-one meetings with tenants and owner occupiers’ • ‘Clúid went the extra yard’ • ‘consultation was excellent’ • ‘a quality listening approach and they took the hard questions and faced the fears’
St. Patricks “Clúid as a voluntary body are doing a good job managing the estate. There are no headlines in the paper...There hasn’t been any conflict or any move from the residents to set up an overseeing housing authority with us... There is also no significant turnover of tenancies.” Local authority official
“If we were the landlord still, a lot of the same people would have been glad to come back to the regeneration – but some troublesome tenants were not interested in being Clúidtenants and didn’t come back. The local authority is seen as a softer touch. There is also political influence with a local authority, where the tenants will go to a local councillor and plead their case. I have no doubt that some of the troublesome tenants are aware that Clúid are strict and will undertake eviction quicker than the local authority and won’t tolerate their behaviour”.