{"id":45995,"date":"2026-03-17T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45995"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:15:46","slug":"respublica-reports-on-a-modest-proposal-for-the-restoration-of-neighbourhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=45995","title":{"rendered":"Respublica reports on \u2018A Modest Proposal for the Restoration of Neighbourhoods\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research &amp; policy body Respublica has issued a report offering \u2018<em><u>A Modest Proposal for the Restoration of Neighbourhoods\u2019.<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Respublica writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For over half a century, billions have been spent on a revolving door of programmes aimed at fixing Britain\u2019s poorest neighbourhoods, with little to no real change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018A Modest Proposal\u2019 calls for a radical shift\u2014moving beyond micro-interventions and civic management, toward a distributist approach that prioritises the community and place-based ownership of property, land, and productive assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report follows the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods (ICON) final report on neighbourhood renewal. While ICON\u2019s work provides a valuable and comprehensive assessment of the scale of disadvantage facing communities \u2014 and sets out practical recommendations around funding, governance and long-term commitment \u2014 <em>A <\/em><em>Modest <\/em><em>Proposal<\/em> goes further in questioning the underlying economic model that has shaped regeneration policy for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Key recommendations of the report include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Embed home ownership pathways within place-based funding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Actively tilt the market in favour of small and local owners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support co-operative and community ownership institutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protect emerging owners from excessive financial burdens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Align cultural renewal with economic reform<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See the report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.respublica.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RP-Report-A-Modest-Proposal.pdf\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.respublica.org.uk\/our-work\/publications\/a-modest-proposal-for-the-restoration-of-neighbourhoods\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research &amp; policy body Respublica has issued a report offering \u2018A Modest Proposal for the Restoration of Neighbourhoods\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[706,146,291,91,43],"class_list":["post-45995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog","tag-civic","tag-economy","tag-neighbourhoods","tag-policy","tag-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45996,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45995\/revisions\/45996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}