Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities (SHICC)

City of Lille will be the lead Partner of the project, support the WP Management and coordinate the partnership agreement. As lead partner, City of Lille is involved in all WPs in order to ensure their proper coordination and advancement. More specifically, City of Lille will be involved in the implementation of WP 4 pilots in conjunction with the OFSML.

The Organisme de Foncier Solidaire de la Métropole Lilloise (OFSML) is the subpartner of the City of Lille in this project. It is a non profit organistion, governed by a balance of public and private members, which produces permanently affordable homes in partnership with local authorities and developers. Alongside Brussels, Ghent and London it is one of the original four pilot projects supported by the SHICC project.

Community Land Trust Brussels (CLTB) is the pioneer of the CLT model on the European continent. Since its creation in 2012, CLTB has delivered 9 homes and is currently in the process of developing another 120 housing units. Future residents and neighbours participate in planning and are represented on the Board, together with representatives from the government of the Brussels Capital Region. CLTB is recognised as a social housing partner in the Brussels Housing Bill, and has strong ties with the Brussels Region. In 2017, CLTB received two important national awards, recognising its innovativeness in the field of housing.

As initiator of the SHICC project, CLTB is in charge of the overall project management, together with the City of Lille (Lead Partner). As one of the four pilot projects, CLTB focuses on making its organisation stronger and more resilient by enhancing community involvement and by diversifying the financing of its operations. Through its involvement in the capacity building, long term effects and communication work packages, CLTB helps spreading the CLT model within the NWE region and supports emerging CLTs in order to overcome barriers. Finally, CLTB will be in charge of organizing the third supra-national event in 2020.

Supporting Communtiy Land Trust Gent, SLO Gent led the Workpackage 4 Pilots for the initial part of the SHICC project. During the capitalisation year from September 20-21 they will work to establish one social enterprise associated with the CLT.

FMDV will be in charge of the coordination of the Financial models WP and will contribute to the other WPs. FMDV will mobilize its internal expertise and reach out to networks and partners (in particular from the finance community and local and regional governments) to analyse financial models, develop new financing approaches and engineering for CLTs, and disseminate best practices and tools developed within the project allowing systematizing the concept in NWE

London CLT brings practitioner expertise as a CLT in the very expensive housing market of London. It has particular experience in engaging with communities and the state, based on a community organising approach. It is making the change from a grant-funded not for profit with a campaigning emphasis to a sustainable social enterprise, actively exploring a diverse range of social finance options. LCLT is keen to develop new ways to create sustainable funding.

Website link: facebook.com/SoSCommunityHousing Contact: Annabel.shicc.sosch@outlook.com

Country Champion for Scotland – DGSCHT - A not for profit organisation supporting affordable housing in its region and piloting a community led housing project in urban area Dumfries – “Midsteeple Quarter”. This project aims to revitalise the town centre of the regional capital via a process of community ownership, within the wider Scottish legislative context of land reform and community empowerment. As part of the project the organisation will work to understand how the CLT model can be applied under Scottish legislation.

Country Champion for Germany – id22 – A not for profit organisation supporting the establishment of the first German CLT in Berlin in the district of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. Its  establishment is in response to the ongoing crisis of rising land values and rents as well as the increasingly difficult access to housing. The initiative so far has brought together housing experts and activists, researchers and project developers across Germany.

Country Champion for The Netherlands - And The People (ATP) – A SME Organisation which is leading the establishment of the first CLT in Amsterdam, as well as linking efforts in Amsterdam and Rotterdam and establishing a national platform for CLTs. In Amsterdam CLT Bijlmer is the pioneering CLT that is supported by the start-up fund of the SHICC project. The idea for establishing a national platform is based on an extensive  network of initiatives that are interested in the CLT model in the Netherlands who have identified a number of areas that remain unclear regarding the implementation of the CLT model in the Netherlands.

Country Champion for Ireland - Self Organised Architecture (SOA). A not for profit organisation leading a year-long multi-stakeholder project to develop both community-led housing and the community land trust model in Ireland. The core aims of the project are to develop broad recognition of these approaches, to provide a platform for the exchange of expertise and to develop transparent mechanisms for communities and state agencies to establish community land trusts.

Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities is collaborating with Housing Europe.

Housing Europe is the European Federation of public, cooperative and social housing. In total, they manage 26 million homes - that's around 11% of all existing EU dwellings.

W: www.housingeurope.eu/

Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities is collaborating with The Edith Maryon Foundation

Land is a scarce commodity and therefore expensive. Usually too expensive for cheap housing and social or cultural projects, especially in the centers. Farms are also confronted with rising land prices and leases. The Edith Maryon Foundation  wants to withdraw land from speculation so that we or others can use it in a socially responsible way.

W:http://www.maryon.ch/foundation/en/about/   

Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities is collaborating with FEANTSA

FEANTSA is the European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless. We are the only European NGO focusing exclusively on the fight against homelessness. Our ultimate goal is an end to homelessness in Europe.

W: http://www.feantsa.org/en/about-us/what-is-feantsa  

Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities is collaborating with City in the Making Association

City in the Making Association (Stichting Stad in de Maak) has since 2013 taken on the redevelopment of vacant properties in Rotterdam. Driven by hands-on communities we manage these building currently for a period of ten years. Five years on, we see our challenge beyond such “temporary vacancy management” and aim towards permanence in affordable housing and working spaces in collective ownership and management. And possibly even a step further: a long-term socially and economically sustainable life in the city, including our own baseline income.

W: http://www.stadindemaak.nl/english-summary/  

Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities is collaborating with UrbaMonde-Suisse

UrbaMonde-Suisse is an NGO founded in 2005 in Geneva under the name Urbanistes sans Frontières- International (USFI).

urbaMonde-France, the French counterpart of the organization, was founded in December 2015 with the aim to consolidate our work at the European level.

Convinced that inhabitants should be at the core of the processes shaping the urban environment, urbaMonde’s mission is to support sustainable cities built “by and for their inhabitants”. Beyond supporting the emergence community-led habitat projects, our goal is to consolidate civic-public partnerships for a more sustainable and inclusive urban development. In order to do so, urbaMonde :

• provides vulnerable populations in the Global North and Global South with the necessary tools to develop their local projects;
• connects civil society actors through a common network to advocate for a participatory approach to urban and regional planning;
• and collaborates with local authorities to integrate urban dwellers into their planning processes.

Locally, urbaMonde supports the development of housing cooperatives and participatory housing projects in Switzerland and France, providing technical assistance and advocacy tools to the inhabitant groups. Internationally, urbaMonde accompanies vulnerable inhabitant groups and their federations in the implementation of innovative and sustainable habitat projects. Finally, urbaMonde acts as a focal point on the Social production of habitat and is responsible for launching and coordinating a Global Platform on the topic.

In this context, urbaMonde is interested in exploring the role of innovative financing tools (community savings, revolving funds, etc.) and of new technologies (data collection, participatory online platforms, participatory mapping, etc.) in strengthening community organization and enhancing experience exchange.

urbaMonde was awarded the Ashoka Impact Award in 2012.

W: https://www.urbamonde.org/en/about-us  

Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities is collaborating with Long Term Infrastructure Investors Association

Founded in 2014 by investors and for investors, Long Term Infrastructure Investors Association works with a wide range of stakeholders, including infrastructure investors, policy-makers and academia, on supporting long-term, responsible deployment of private capital to public infrastructure around the world.

Our principal activities include:

public advocacy and engagement with policy-makers;
investment in research and innovation for the benefit of infrastructure investors;
education and training on long-term investing in infrastructure.
LTIIA is a not-for-profit international association and most of our members are institutional investors and fund managers with responsibilities over long-term and open-ended infrastructure investment mandates.

W:http://www.ltiia.org/  

Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities is collaborating with FEBEA

For over 30 years, all over Europe, ethical and alternative financial firms have been created by citizens who sought to give another meaning to their money.

Founded in Brussels in 2001, FEBEA is the European Federation of Ethical and Alternative Banks and Financiers.

It brings together financial institutions from 17 European countries with the aim of developing ethical and social finance in Europe. Together, these innovative and pioneering institutions work, each in its own country, to disseminate the importance and urgency of the development of ethical and solidarity-based financial models in the European economic and political area.

W: http://www.febea.org/en/febea/legal/febea-federation-ethical-and-alternative-finance-europe   

Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities is collaborating with The Network of Territorial Communities for a Solidarity Economy (RTES)

The Network of Territorial Communities for a Solidarity Economy (RTES) brings together local authorities who are committed to a charter for the development of the social and solidarity economy. In 2017, the network brings together more than 115 communities, regions, departments, intercommunalities and municipalities, which have shown the need for a space for exchanges and national coordination.

we: http://rtes.fr/Presentation-du-RTES

Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities is collaborating with The Flemish Social Housing Society (VMSW)

The Flemish Social Housing Society (VMSW) stimulates, advises and supports local housing actors. This way we can make high quality and affordable social housing in Flanders possible. Social housing companies (SHMs), social rental offices (SVKs), municipalities and OCMWs can contact the VMSW for a wide range of information and support.

W: https://www.vmsw.be/Home/Footer/Over-VMSW/Kerntaken 

Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities is collaborating with ID22

We are an international and integrative team with a variety of backgrounds and a common passion for creative sustainability. id22 brings together architects, planners, sociologists, artists, community developers and gardeners, educators and others. With members, partners and volunteers from many countries, we study and support pioneering local Berlin initiatives, recognizing there are crises emerging in the world around us. Our Institute emphasizes communication and networking, cooperation and conviviality.

W: https://id22.net/en/uber-uns/  

Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities is collaborating Community Land Trust Bijlmer / Amsterdam

The H-Neighborhood in the Bijlmer is one of the development neighborhoods in Amsterdam, in which both the municipality and housing corporations will invest extra in the coming years. In order to combat the segregation in Amsterdam and to allow inclusive urban renewal and affordable housing to come into being at the same time, we want to test the principle of the so-called Community Land Trust (CLT) in the H-Buurt of the Bijlmer.

W: https://www.cltbijlmer.nl and http://www.communitylandtrust.nl