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Social Housing Regeneration and the Creation of Sustainable Communities in Dublin

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  • Declan Redmond

    (School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, Ireland)

  • Paula Russell

    (School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, Ireland)

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In the past decade many social housing flat (apartment) complexes in Dublin have undergone some form of regeneration, from minor refurbishment to complete demolition and redevelopment. The context and impetus for such widespread regeneration has been the political articulation that social housing in Ireland, and especially in Dublin, is dysfunctional and unsustainable. It is contended, primarily on the basis of tenure mix arguments, that regeneration will lead to longterm social and environmental sustainability. Consequently, a number of inner city social housing complexes are currently subject to regeneration that involves their demolition and redevelopment as mixed-tenure estates through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) methods. This represents a new social and economic model of regeneration, albeit one which has generated considerable controversy. The process of regeneration has, for example, been criticised as lacking any meaningful community participation, with the mechanisms of the redevelopment process making it difficult for the community to influence the process. More generally, the creation of mixed tenure estates has been criticised as leading to a diminution of social housing in Dublin, as the social housing component in these estates has been significantly reduced. On the positive side, however, it has been argued that this model of social mixing will lead to sustainable regeneration. This paper, which is partly based on ongoing research of some case study estates in Dublin, examines and reflects on the issues of sustainable regeneration and the creation of sustainable communities.

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  • Declan Redmond & Paula Russell, 2008. "Social Housing Regeneration and the Creation of Sustainable Communities in Dublin," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 23(3), pages 168-179, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:loceco:v:23:y:2008:i:3:p:168-179
    DOI: 10.1080/02690940802197283
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    1. Declan Redmond, 2001. "Policy Review Social Housing In Ireland: Under New Management?," European Journal of Housing Policy, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 1(2), pages 291-306.
    2. Mark Boyle, 2005. "Sartre's Circular Dialectic and the Empires of Abstract Space: A History of Space and Place in Ballymun, Dublin," Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 95(1), pages 181-201, March.
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    1. Philip Lawton & Michael Punch, 2014. "Urban Governance and the ‘European City’: Ideals and Realities in Dublin, Ireland," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(3), pages 864-885, May.
    2. Anna Carnegie & Michelle Norris & Michael Byrne, 2018. "Tenure Mixing to Combat Public Housing Stigmatization: external benefits, internal challenges and contextual influences in three Dublin neighbourhoods," Working Papers 201801, Geary Institute, University College Dublin.
    3. Katia Attuyer, 2015. "When Conflict Strikes: Contesting Neoliberal Urbanism outside Participatory Structures in Inner-city Dublin," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(4), pages 807-823, July.

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