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Housing
Engaging
residents improves community wellbeing and reduces dependency. But how
does a
social landlord go beyond engaging the few to engaging the many?
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Engaging Tenants
& Residents
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community credits value time that tenants give to support their social
housing landlord and to the development and transformation of their
communities. The credits are earned by tenants for time that they
actively contribute to a menu of residential activities. This includes
community programmes (e.g. organising social events or community arts
projects), community support (e.g. childcare, health groups) and core
tenant participation (e.g. interview panels, board meetings,
sub-groups).
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credits earned by tenants are exchanged for leisure and recreation
services organised and brokered by the landlord. The credits utilise
‘excess capacity’ (e.g. spare seats at the rugby match)
making the system low cost and sustainable. This simple means of
thanking tenants is very effective, resulting in a dramatic increase in
active participation and community wellbeing.
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credits create a positive kudos to participation, enabling the landlord
to engage with a much more diverse group of tenants .
This
results in:
- Representative
decision-making structures.
- Increased
tenant and resident involvement in community projects.
- Increased
levels of confidence and self sufficiency of tenants.
- Improvements
in wellbeing and community safety.
- Increased
capacity of community to tackle local issues.
- Reduced dependency and happier
tenants.
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Case
Studies & Evidence
Spice
has successfully developed the credit system for application with
social housing landlords. There is clear evidence for success.
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How to get
Involved
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credit systems can simply and affordably be integrated into housing
associations.
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