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This initiative explores the pivotal question of who decides on housing and human settlements, emphasizing local autonomy and dweller control. It addresses the need for appropriate tools, materials, land, and finance to achieve truly autonomous and community-driven housing solutions. By separating normative and operational powers, a democratic system is proposed where decision-making is decentralized and diverse, promoting a non-hierarchical network of decision-makers within set rules. The focus is on empowering users, suppliers, and regulators to collaborate and innovate within the framework of democratic housing governance.
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PARTENERING WITH THE POR A NEW APPROACH TO HOUSING AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT DESIGN
CENTRAL ISSUE IN HOUSING AND HUMAN SETTLEMNTS DESIGN • WHO DECIED WHAT AND FOR WHOM
HOW WE HOUSE OURSELVES? • WHO DECIDES? • WHO DOES WHAT AND FOR WHOM? • ONLY THIS CLARIFICATION CAN ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF HOW WE HOUW WE HOUSE OURSELVES
PROPER SETTING • THIS DISCUSSION CAN ONLY TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THOSE WHO CAN SEPARATE THE WAYS AND MEANS FROM THE ENDS, AND WHO ARE THEREFORE ABLE TO QUESTION THE COMMERCIALIZED AND/OR INSTITUTIONALIZED VALUES OF THE SOCIETY
LOCAL AUTONOMY • HOUSING AND, BY IMPLICATION, ALL OTHER PERSONAL AND LOCALLY SPECIFIC SERVICES MUST BE AUTONOMOUS
IN HOUSING, LOCAL AUTONOMY AND DIRECT DWELLER CONTROL DEPEND ON THE AVAILIBILITY OF APPROPRIATE TOOLS AND MATERIALS (OR TECHNOLOGIES) AND OF LAND AND FINANCE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THESE BASIC RESOURCES SHOULD BE THE FUNCTION OF LAW AND ADMINISTRATION AND THESE IN TURN SHOULD BE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AUTHORITY DIFFERENT ROLES
THE PROCESS OF DECISSIONMAKING • 1. PLANNING OR OPERATIONS THAT GENERALLY PRECEDE CONSTRUCTION • 2. CONSTRUCTION OR THE BUILDING OPERATIONS • 3. THE MANAGEMENT AND MAINTANCE OF WHAT IS BUILT, NECESSARILY FOLLOWING THE GREATER PART OF THE BUILDING OPERATIONS
3 STEPS 3 ACTORS • 1. THE USERS • 2. THE SUPPLIERS • 3. THE REGULATORS • USERS:THE POPULAR SECTOR MOST IMPORTANT BUT NOT THE OLY USER • SUPPLIERS: PRIVATE COMMERCIAL AND OTHER SECTORS • REGULATORS: THE PUBLIC SSECTOR OR GOVERNMENT OR OTHER APPOINTED REGULATORS
HETERONOMOUS HOUSING SYSTEM CENTRALLY ADMINISTERED OR CONTROLLED
AUTONOMOUS HOUSING SYSTEM LOCALLY SELF-GOVERNING SYSTEM
CENTRALLY COMMAND • WHEN BOTH NORMATIVE OR RULE-MAKING AND OPERATIONAL OR GAME PLAYING POWERS ARE CENTRALIZED. • DECISSIONS FLOW FROM A PEAK OF AUTHOROTY DOWN THROUGH DIVISIONS OF LABOUR AT SUCCESSIVE LEVELS TO THE BASE • THERE, WHATEVER IS LEFT OF THE RESOURCES FUNNELED THROUGHT THE SYSTEM ARE SUPPLIED AS CATEGORICAL GOODS OR SERVICES; THAT IS, CATEGORIES OF INSTITUTIONALLY DESIGNED PRODUCTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO INSTITUTIONALLY DEFINED CATEGORIES OF CONSUMERS
AUTONOMOUS OR SEMI-AUTONOMOUS • WHEN RULE-MAKING AND GAME-PLAYING ARE SEPERATED (ALONG WITH AN UMPIRE TO COMPLETE THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE OF SEPARATE LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL POWERS) • AN ENTIRELY NEW STRUCTURE: A NON-HIERARCHIC NETWORK OF AUTONOMOUS OR SEMI-AUTONOMOUS DECISION-MAKERS, FREE TO COMBINE AS THEY WILL, AS LONG AS THEY STAY WITHIN LIMITS SET BY THE RULES
THE RULES OF DEMOCRATIC GAME • THE RULES OF DEMOCRATIC GAMES MUST ACT AS LIMITS TO ACTION • RATHER THAN AS PRESCRIBED LINES OF ACTION
THERE MUST BE A LARGE NUMBER OF DECISSIONMAKERS OR CONTROLERS AS VARIATIONS DEMAND FOR THE MAINTANCE OF A STABLE HOUSING SYSTEM THE NUMBER OF ROUTS AND COMBINATIONS OF ROUTES AND VEHICLES BETWEEN ANY TWO POINTS FROM ONE IN THE AUTHORITY LINE SYSTEM TO A VERY LARGE NUMBER INDEED IN THE DEMOCRATICE LIMIT SYSTEM DEMOCRATIC HOUSING
FORECASTS OF HOUSING DEMANDS, SPECIALLY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, ALWAYS FAIL. THIS IS BECAUSE, THE LIKELYHOOD OF WHAT PEOPLE CAN AND WHAT PEOPLE WILL SPEND ON HOUSING BEING SIMILAR ARE VERY LOW IN THESE ECONOMIES WHEN PEOPLE ARE FREE OF THE PRESSURES TO CONFIRM – A FREEDOM PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF ASSERTING OVERNIGH – THE VARIETY IN WHAT PEOPLE WILL SPEND IS ENORMOUS, EVEN WITHIN THE SAME INCOME BRACKET FREEDOM TO CHOOSE
