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The rise of polycentric regulation and its impacts on the governance of housing associations in England

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  • Mike Raco
  • Sonia Freire Trigo
  • Ann-Marie Webb

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Since 2010 the English planning system, like others across Europe, has undergone a series of market- oriented reforms. There has been a concerted attempt to make state organisations, and those in receipt of public funds, more entrepreneurial and financially proactive and independent. This paper focuses on one manifestation of these wider trends - the regulation of English Housing Associations [HAs] as examples of organisations that are under pressure to take on more financial risks and deliver a wider range of affordable housing for communities in need. Drawing on in-depth qualitative research, the paper assesses some of the regulatory and governmental challenges that emerge in using market-led forms of coordination. It examines the role of new regulators and the ways which they seek to ‘co- produce’ regulations with HAs in more liquid and negotiated ways. We show that in reality decisions are taken in response to a polycentric mix of simultaneous regulatory pressures that act as gravitational pulls on the activities and decisions made by HAs, rather than enforcing a consistent and linear form of regulatory control. We conclude with wider reflections for planning theory and practice.

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  • Mike Raco & Sonia Freire Trigo & Ann-Marie Webb, 2024. "The rise of polycentric regulation and its impacts on the governance of housing associations in England," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(8), pages 2095-2116, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:39:y:2024:i:8:p:2095-2116
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2022.2156984
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