This paper evaluated the mixed tenure
housing policies in the UK that are based
on the premise of generating social
cohesion, specifically focussing on the
Mixed Communities Initiative 2005. The
Mixed Communities Initiative 2005 (MCI)
developed by the Department for
Communities and Local Government was
set up as a policy approach implemented
through 12 Demonstration Projects. These
policies are based on the concepts of ‘area
effects’ or ‘neighbourhood effects’ which
suggests that the geographical proximity of
disadvantaged households reduces their
opportunity and increases disadvantage.
Policymakers often use terms such as
building ‘social cohesion’ or ‘social capital’
to promote the regeneration of housing
estates through mixed tenure, without
clearly defining these terms. This research
takes a critical look at this theory by
exploring the varying concepts surrounding
the definition of social cohesion and the
diverse mixed-tenured policies in the UK.
Using leading literature on social cohesion
and community engagement, it produces
four themes for identifying social cohesion
in mixed-tenure housing estates. The
analysis is derived by studying the two demonstration projects of the Mixed
Communities Initiative located in London.
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