Witton Lodge Community Association: making a success of community ownershipObjectives Perry Common faced serious challenges in the 1990s. There was no longer any central government financing to rebuild the large social housing estate. Furthermore, no community-wide organisation existed to represent the interests of residents. Four residents associations had been created in the north, east, south and west of the area but these had been created essentially as overnight ‘gut reactions’ to fight the impending demolition of dwellings on the estate. At this point, residents lacked confidence, motivation, and capacity to make their community healthier, safer and sustainable. As homes were demolished and residents displaced the four resident associations decided to merge in order to create a new association. The key objectives of the new community association were:
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Patricia Jones Honorary Fellow Third Sector Research Centre University of Birmingham Email: Pat Jones wrote this case study for Governance International on 14 June 2012
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