Beyond the Nuclear Flat - community living in London
This event will bring together organisers, residents, and community builders who are experimenting with intentional housing models in London for an informal discussion and meetup.
The aim is to plan a longer day of panel discussions and unconferences that explore governance, admission processes, conflict resolution, and guest policies within communal living spaces:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1008e3ZrSk2utGyHraBz9ic9S2IXh-y_Zq597RDmG41c/edit?usp=drivesdk
If you are interested in participating in the unconference then please add your name to the google doc sheet participant sign up table above.
We will focus not only on how houses function internally, but how they relate to the wider housing crisis and the social realities of London.
A growing number of houses in London are living intentionally: co-ops, shared houses, community-run homes, coliving spaces, and informal collectives. Some are structured and application-based. Others are organic and relational.
At the same time:
The rental market is unstable and unaffordable for many. & there is increasing precarity.
There are experiments in governance emerging across the city.
There is a question of how intentional communities relate to unhoused people and housing injustice.
This event creates a space to surface:
Governance models
Admission systems
Shared application processes
Guest policies and hospitality norms
Conflict resolution structures
Cross-house coordination
Your Hosts
Asil Sidahmed: fellowship candidate, Newspeak House
Zarinah Agnew: community development, Intentional Communities Network / Embassy Network / Haight St Commons / District Commons / Jurisdiction Syndicate
Edward Saperia: dean, Newspeak House