Poverty is at the root of the problemsfacing many public housing projects in the U.K. today.Experience emerging from 100 low-income housing estatesechoes findings from urban upgrading for the poor indeveloping countries. Tackling poverty and unemployment inlow income communities cannot be left to the market alone.Community participation and full partnership withcommunities is key, but this is constrained by the push toachieve results quickly, as well as lack of agency interestand skills in working with poor communities as partners.Lasting change requires a strong national and regionalpolicy framework, a new approach based on inter-agencycooperation, local delivery, and meaningful participation bylocal residents. Residents of such projects offer asignificant resource for regeneration, particularly whenthey have established a foundation of local activity andorganizational experience.
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