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Do housing cooperatives change amidst neoliberal policies? Evidence from hybridization of two cooperative organizations in Milan
No full textThe article investigates if and how neoliberal policy change makes housing cooperatives (HCs) assume certain hybrid forms and institutional logics, affecting their housing production, financing and governance (and ultimately their contribution to affordable housing provision). The article traces the trajectory of two frontrunner HCs confronted with the development of housing policies in Milan and investigates their hybridization by combining the analysis of quantitative data and interviews with key informants. The article pinpoints how hybridization depends on path-dependencies and changes both inherent to the organization of HCs and in the policy landscape. By using the interpretative concept of institutional logics, the article shows that supportive policies allowed some HCs focused on renting to grow in Milan but entailed a path-dependent social orientation that jeopardized their housing production when policies were cut. HCs focused on owner-occupation could instead develop a commercial orientation and expanded even in times of real estate growth, while socially-oriented HCs stagnated and were crowded out by market actors
Grounding urban governance on housing affordability: a conceptual framework for policy analysis. Insights from Vienna
Full text linkGrowing and attractive cities, such as Vienna, globally face housing crises. Urban land rent (inflated by the huge housing demand in attractive areas and the consequent housing shortage) is transferred to housing prices and results in increasingly unaffordable and inaccessible cities. Housing affordability is a critical factor for enjoying the use value of housing and the broader set of values associated with cities. To assure urban agglomerations' inclusiveness and spatial justice, urban governance should be "grounded" on affordability by redistributing land rent and keeping housing prices hooked on income levels. However, the relation between urban land rent and housing affordability is rarely connected in Housing studies. Furthermore, it is often neglected by urban governors, generally competing to increase housing prices and attract investments. This article contributes to fill this policy/research gap and offers new conceptual avenues for the analysis of urban housing affordability governance. A theoretical basis and a coherent analytical framework for policy analysis are empirically applied in a case study of the city of Vienna, focusing on affordable rental housing. Based on peculiarities-of history, political stability, and a solid welfare system-the Viennese case offers relevant insights for disentangling the complex network of policies and institutions that ground urban growth on affordability
Cambiare prospettiva sulla crisi abitativa: oltre i confini urbani del fabbisogno
No full textLa crisi abitativa in atto nei principali poli urbani viene spesso descritta come scarto tra numero di abitanti
(in competizione con turisti e city users più o meno temporanei) e disponibilità di alloggi, ovvero come una
questione di fabbisogno abitativo. L’articolo riflette su questo tema proponendone una rilettura critica;
allargando la scala di analisi oltre i confini urbani entro cui esso si manifesta, suggerisce di concettualizzare
la questione abitativa anche come problema relazionale tra territori. Due prospettive introducono altrettanti
punti di vista con cui osservare la crisi abitativa urbana alla luce di squilibri territoriali extraurbani,
nell’intento di offrire un utile punto di partenza per ripensare la scala e gli strumenti delle politiche
pubbliche.The housing crisis in the most attractive urban poles is often described as a growing mismatch between the
number of inhabitants (competing with tourists and other more or less temporary city users) and housing
availability, namely as an issue of housing shortage. The article critically investigates this phenomenon; by
broadening the scale of analysis beyond the urban boundaries where it happens, it suggests to conceptualise
the housing issue also as a relational problem between territories. Two perspectives are discussed to suggest
points of view to observe the urban housing crisis in the light of extra-urban territorial imbalances. The aim
is to offer a useful starting point to rethink the scale and the instruments of public policies
Governo del territorio e mobilitazioni territoriali nel "cuore verde" d'Italia. Un'analisi delle relazioni tra trasformazioni territoriali e pratiche di difesa attiva in Umbria
No full textThe paper employs an interdisciplinary approach, integrating urban planning with social
sciences, to analyze the evolution of planning and territorial governance mechanisms in relation
to the emergence of grassroots territorial defense practices. It examines the process
through which local communities organize around environmental conflicts and how these
forms of activism are connected to political decision-making at the territorial level
Investigating alternatives to privatization of public housing: an analysis based on the Quattro Corti project in Italy
No full textAfter the long-lasting divestment in the Italian public housing system and the privatization of over 20% of the stock, many public dwellings are vacant or in substantial need of maintenance. The article aims at contributing to the literature that addresses the crisis of public housing, by investigating alternatives to its privatization in Italy, a context of heavy divestment and devolution. It draws on original material from the case study of the Quattro Corti project, an unprecedented form of hybrid collaboration between public housing providers and housing cooperatives for the regeneration and management a small portion of the public housing stock in Milan. We investigate the context at different scales (state, neighbourhood, building) and analyze the partnership through extended field work and interviews to stakeholders, tenants and managers. Finally we address opportunities and challenges for a wider implementation of such partnerships in Italy, as part of a strategy to prevent privatization
No City for Workers: Housing Affordability Trends and Public Policy Implications in Milan
Full text linkAs the housing affordability crisis strikes many cities around the world, public institutions and citizens have started to become aware of growing problems in the access to adequate affordable housing. The issue is particularly evident in Milan, where increased attractiveness is paralleled by a huge rise in housing prices. This article presents the results of research conducted by the Affordable Housing Observatory of Milan, contributing to public knowledge on housing affordability problems and envisioning possible policies to tackle them. Housing issues are contested and political in nature, and in the Italian context the debate is often led by the voice of the real estate sector while data are highly fragmented and knowledge about housing affordability is limited, especially in Milan. We fill this gap by conducting an original analysis of existing public data on the housing market, the labour market and incomes to highlight the trends in housing affordability in Milan. We focus on the period starting in 2015, a turning point for Milan with the international EXPO and the beginning of an intense phase of urban transformation and real estate development. The article shows how the increase in housing prices and rents has outpaced growth in incomes and wages by nearly a factor of three and how a major share of income earners in Milan cannot afford decent housing. These trends expose lower-income residents to the risk of expulsion and condition access to a job in the city to ownership of assets or financial assistance from parents (especially for first-time buyers and the younger generations). Finally, the article reflects on the implications of growing unaffordability with reference to policies targeting housing costs, incomes, and wages
Is there a role for cooperative actors in the management of public housing? Hybrid partnerships as trojan horses for profit extraction or vehicle of housing commons: reflections on a pioneering project in Milan
Full text linkAfter its expansionist phase in the XX Century, in most countries public housing has incurred in a state of long-term crisis that still lasts until today. With long-lasting disinvestment in the Italian public housing, many dwellings and buildings are vacant or in decay. Public housing companies yet rely heavily on dismissal and sales to cover high overheads and low rents. In this context, there has been sporadic experimentation of partnerships between public authorities and cooperative actors in enacting hybrid forms of management as an alternative to the sale of public assets. The article uses the case study of the Quattro Corti project in Milan and experts’ panels in four Italian cities to explore potential innovation pathways for public housing in different contexts and to identify opportunities and challenges of the involvement of cooperatives through partnerships for hybrid management. A main question is whether such partnerships may be trojan horses for profit-actors or vehicles of housing commons. The article contributes to the emerging literature on the role of cooperative actors in public and social housing policies
Bisogni e conflittualità emergenti a partire dal caso di Torino: appunti sull’abitabilità
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