Essay of Tenant Participation Assignment
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The way that social landlordsinvolve tenants in decisionmaking is an ‘empty ritual’
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................11 Arnstein's ladder of participation.............................................................................................12 Current forms of tenant participation are an 'empty rituals'.....................................................23 Potential advantage of tenant participation..............................................................................34 Disadvantage of tenant participation as currently practised by social landlords.....................3CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
INTRODUCTIONTenant participation is when landlords take advice & consult with the tenants in makingdecisions regarding social housing services but in reality landlords does not involve tenants indecision making process. This essay explain Arnstein's ladder of participation which showspowers held by citizens of UK. Further, this essay describes that tenant participation is an 'EmptyRitual' . Firthermore, this essay include potential advantage of tenant participation. At last theessay describes disadvantage of tenant participation.1 Arnstein's ladder of participationArnstein's Ladder of Participation- Arnstein ladder of participation describes engagement ofcitizens of United Kingdom in decision making. Arnstein describes powers held by citizensduring the decision making process through a ladder. This ladder shows power from high to lowand it shows that who has the highest power & who's non participating. Power is describedthrough 8 staves of ladders in which bottom two are non participating, mid three are tokenism &top three are citizen control(Arnstein, 2016). The 8 staves of the ladder are described below-Manipulation & Therapy- Manipulation & theory are bottom two rungs of the ladder which arenon participant but their aim is to educate the person holding the power. They give publicsupport to the participants by establishing public relations and interacting with the members ofthe society. In the case of housing services tenants educated toward their rights.Informing- This is the 1st stage when the individuals initiate to participate. They show theirinterest in the joining the committee and handling the power. In this stage they just giveinformation that they are interested to participate in the decision making process. But their are notwo way communication so no feedback is given to them. In this stage tenants inform that theyare interested in the decision making process.Consultation- In this stage individuals take surveys & do public enquiry.This also an emptyritual individuals only interact with societies and make public relations. In the housing industrylandlords consult with the individuals. Placation- In this stage citizens can make plans & give advice but the decision to implement thatplan remains with the power holders. In the housing services at this stage tenants take advice andinvolves helps in making plans.1
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