Innovating Democratic Participation in Social Housing

Elizabeth Toft Kristjansen*, Jesper Ole Jensen

*Corresponding author

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Abstract

This chapter examines how democratic innovations can strengthen participation in the social housing sector. In Denmark, social housing offers affordable housing to a large number of Danes. The sector is grounded in traditions for resident involvement and engagement, and the democratic model in the sector is unique to Denmark. The residents have the majority say in all decision-making boards, which enables them to influence both the physical surroundings and social initiatives. Despite the positive merits, the sector faces challenges concerning increased segregation, municipalities allocating an increased share of socially and economically marginalised people to the sector, and less participation in the residential democracy. This chapter studies two cases of initiatives that experiment with democratic innovations to enhance participation in local housing associations. The two cases are innovative initiatives in the social housing sector and illustrate the potential benefits of increased participation. The chapter concludes that project-based initiatives might be on the rise and seem to hold considerable potential for enhancing participation. The challenge, then, is still to secure the coordination and strategic direction of the initiatives while combining them with the formal resident democracy.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelPublic Governance in Denmark : Meeting the Global Mega-Challenges of the 21st Century?
RedaktørerAndreas Hagedorn Krogh, Annika Agger, Peter Triantafillou
Antal sider17
UdgivelsesstedBingley, UK
ForlagEmerald Group Publishing
Publikationsdato23 feb. 2022
Udgave1
Sider57-73
Kapitel4
ISBN (Trykt)9781800437135
ISBN (Elektronisk)9781800437128
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 23 feb. 2022

Emneord

  • Democratic innovation
  • Citizen participation
  • Social housing
  • Resident democracy
  • Resident involvement
  • Local democracy

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