{"id":40232,"date":"2018-04-09T14:31:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T13:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=40232"},"modified":"2018-04-09T14:31:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T13:31:16","slug":"rethinking-social-housing-workshops-receive-more-than-2000-respondents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/rethinking-social-housing-workshops-receive-more-than-2000-respondents\/40232\/","title":{"rendered":"Rethinking social housing workshops receive more than 2,000 respondents"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 2,000 people have had their say on the future of social housing by taking part in the Chartered Institute of Housing\u2019s<\/a> (CIH) Rethinking social housing workshops<\/h2>\n

Nearly 200 groups, including tenants, housing professionals and other people interested in housing, have taken part in the workshops over the last two months as part of CIH\u2019s\u00a0Rethinking social housing project. A full range of housing organisations took part across a wide geographical area; including housing associations<\/a>, local authorities and co-operatives. And around half of the respondents were tenants.<\/p>\n

An online toolkit was made available in January so that anyone with an interest in social housing could take part in a workshop and explore fundamental questions before reporting the results back to CIH.<\/p>\n

Over the same period, some 760 people completed an online survey asking the same questions which was designed for those who couldn\u2019t take part in a workshop.<\/p>\n

Terrie Alafat CBE, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing<\/a>, said: \u201cWe are absolutely delighted and quite overwhelmed with the response that we have had to the workshops and to our survey.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe said from the beginning that it was crucial for the people who live and work in social housing to lead the debate about its future and it is fantastic to see so many people doing exactly that. We are especially pleased to see such a good balance of tenants and housing professionals get involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew that we wouldn\u2019t be able to reach so many people if we ran a series of more traditional roundtables and that is why we developed the online toolkit so that people could facilitate their own debates.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of the organisations taking part have told us that, aside from contributing to this flagship CIH project, they have valued the opportunity to take time out to talk and reflect about the role and purpose of social housing today and their part in providing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo see so many people come together to have their say on the purpose of social housing<\/a> and generate crucial evidence for the\u00a0Rethinking social housing\u00a0project in the process is excellent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will now begin the process of collating and interpreting the data we have received and we are already moving on to the next stage of the project which involves gauging public perceptions of social housing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rethinking social housing\u00a0was launched by CIH in November 2017 and combines original research and engagement with the sector, tenants, politicians and the public to explore vital questions about the future of social housing.<\/p>\n

The next stage of the project will involve a significant public perceptions survey before the final results of the project along with a report featuring recommendations is revealed in the summer.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Rethinking social housing\u00a0project aims to:<\/h3>\n