October News Round Up 2024
6 November 2024The Civic Initiative Citizen’s Forum on Housing concludes in St Columb’s Hall, Derry/Londonderry
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The Civic Initiative Citizen’s Forum on Housing concludes in St Columb’s Hall, Derry/Londonderry
Community Dialogue was delighted to be part of the facilitation team at the final event of the Civic Initiative Citizen’s Forum on Housing at St Columb’s Hall, Derry/Londonderry.
On Saturday the 23rd of November diverse Forum members from all over NI braved harsh travel conditions to gather and finalize their vision for housing along with 70 recommended supporting actions. The event concluded with a vote on the recommendations. This forum is a brilliant example of the power and potential of engaging citizens in deliberative decision-making on the complex and contentious issues that our government struggles to resolve. We need to see more!
Vision for Housing
To create a holistic person-centered housing system that provides accessible, affordable, safe, and energy-efficient homes to meet the needs of all individuals and households in a way that fosters greater community cohesion, and a shared sustainable future for all.
A Snapshot of the Recommendations on Housing
Of 70 recommendations; 7 received a vote of 90% or more. These included #70 ‘Reform Stormont so that no one party can collapse the government’. Here are the recommendations which scored 90+:
| No. | Recommendation | Result |
| 15. | Examine the viability of alternative building methods such as ‘open system’, pre-fab, tiny homes or wikihouse. | 92% |
| 21. | Take forward an integrated approach for all new developments, to include housing, transport, green spaces and access to other public services including schools and healthcare. | 92% |
| 29. | Provide attractive grants to increase retrofitting of older housing stock. | 90% |
| 33. | Implement the All-island Rail Strategy to reopen closed rail lines. | 90% |
| 53. | Allow NIHE to buy large disused public buildings and refurbish to meet temporary accommodation needs. | 96% |
| 54. | Legislate to allow NIHE to borrow and access private finance to build more homes. | 96% |
| 70. | Reform Stormont so that no one party can collapse the government. | 92% |
