Open House

Oxford's public talking shop on housing & homelessness. We are now closed but hope to pop-up again in the near future. A project by @TransitionbyD.

[Open House @OpenHouseOx]

REPORT: ‘Nobody need feel like a spare part' - What one room taught us about civic space, & collective action on housing & homelessness.

If you'd like to explore opening your own Open House or learning from our experience then please get in touch.

https://t.co/FnwdPjtDW6

[Transition by Design @TransitionbyD]

📢COMING SOON📢

We're about to launch the findings from @HomemakerOxford, a 4yr foray into how empty & underused space could help tackle housing need in Oxford.

Here's a sneak peak, & if you want to know more, sign up to the launch at @marmalade_io https://t.co/oRQcYzNiQY

[Transition by Design @TransitionbyD]

Join us on 8th April from 9.30 - 12.30 at @marmalade_io to explore how we could use empty and underused spaces to help tackle #Oxford's problems with #housing and #homelessness. We've got three BIG ideas and we need your help to figure out what will work. https://t.co/oRQcYzNiQY

[Transition by Design @TransitionbyD]

Exciting to see The Community Works open, a project we worked on with @makespaceoxford. We took a dash of @ParticipatoryC, a pinch of @OpenHouseOx, a sprinkle of @CIVIC_SQUARE and a healthy slug of @juliaunwin to mix what we hope will be a radical new space for #Oxford.

[Open House @OpenHouseOx]

Our friends at @OwnsOxford are recruiting for a new Centre Manager for 'The Living Room', a new project being set up to support those who are homeless or vulnerably housed in #Oxford by providing some respite during the day. Could it be you? https://t.co/EkhjwvaSxY #homelessness

[Transition by Design @TransitionbyD]

Along with @OxfordCity & @OxfordshireCLT, we’ve won funding to turn unloved plots of land into new social homes. Read more > https://t.co/PdSQukb15M

[Open House @OpenHouseOx]

If you're a student or staff member of the University of Oxford, interested in knowing more about the impact of the uni on housing and homelessness in the city, and what you can do about it, then get yourself along to this on Monday evening. #everybodyin

[Oxford Tenants Union @oxtenantsunion]

Students of Oxford!

Oxford is in the midst of a housing crisis and a homelessness epidemic, it's impacting us all and it's happening on your watch. Join in on Monday to -

🎓 Educate yourselves
📢 Organise
✊ Stand with the citizens of Oxford

@OxfordStudents @oxfordmutualaid

[Transition by Design @TransitionbyD]

🥳 We are recruiting! 🥳

We’re looking for a Studio Manager to help with the day-to-day running of our busy cooperative architecture and design practice.

Put us in touch with the successful candidate & we'll give you £50 of @VersoBooks to say thanks.

https://t.co/GGCuVzNC8d

[Open House @OpenHouseOx]

Oxfordshire Community Land Trust have some great events coming up, including this one. Join for what promises to be a great debate on just why you can't afford to live in Oxford.

[Oxfordshire CLT @OxfordshireCLT]

It might be halloween this weekend but what's really scary is the housing market.... 🎃👻🏢 Find out why at our event this Thursday with @notoschwarzman and @oxtenantsunion https://t.co/Lg51xHCcka

[Open House @OpenHouseOx]

🥳 Our 🫖 Cup 🫖 Of 🫖Tea 🥳

[Nationwide Foundation @NationwideFdtn]

Yesterday was the kick-off meeting for Talking About Housing, our joint project with @jrf_uk.
The project will take a social-science approach and consider how we could change the way we discuss housing to drive public support for change. More here ⤵️
https://t.co/Vg8NkDI687

[Transition by Design @TransitionbyD]

In 2018 we opened @OpenHouseOx, a 'public talking shop on housing and homelessness'. Now @LankellyChase have helped us interpret what one room taught us about community, civic space, and collective action. Have a read, and tell us what you think.

https://t.co/AXEHSu2Hpm

[Oxford Tenants Union @oxtenantsunion]

'For renters with low or precarious incomes with no savings it's a short journey to homelessness after being evicted. Keeping people in their rented homes is the frontline in the fight against homelessness' - us talking to @novaramedia about renting & C19

https://t.co/MwS25afVEk

[Transition by Design @TransitionbyD]

‘Nobody need feel like a spare part' - What one room taught us about civic space, & collective action on housing & homelessness.

The folks at @LankellyChase joined us for the final days of @OpenHouseOx to learn from the project. Here's what they found:

https://t.co/AXEHSu2Hpm

[Open House @OpenHouseOx]

We know many in Oxford will be worrying about loosing their home as a result of the eviction ban ending. If that's you, this is a useful thread & don't forget you can get in touch with @oxtenantsunion or @acorn_oxford for free advice & support. It's shit, but you're not alone.

[Greater Manchester Tenants Union @gmtenantsunion]

Today the eviction ban brought in in March was lifted. If you receive an eviction notice, what should you do?

[Open House @OpenHouseOx]

Open House was made possible by what's knows as 'meanwhile use' - bringing empty & underused spaces back to life for a short period of time. Here, @TransitionbyD talk about how this could bring further benefits, and more projects like ours to Oxford and beyond. #emptyshops

[Transition by Design @TransitionbyD]

How can we bring empty spaces back into use centring community and revitalising local economies? We've shared some learnings from our work with Makespace Oxford taking a design led approach,
https://t.co/Hcz7nVeo1P, @meanwhile_space @JerichoJess @3Spaceorg

[Transition by Design @TransitionbyD]

We've got 5 ideas to tackle #housing need in #Oxford during, and beyond #covid19. These are ideas that could happen now, and are already working elsewhere. Have a read, tell us what you think, and get in touch if you'd like to help us make them happen https://t.co/91ypOmeYu0

[Oxford Tenants Union @oxtenantsunion]

"When the national media cover this #rentalcrisis over the next months and years they will come to #Oxford and they will ask what was done to protect renters from this entirely predictable crisis?" https://t.co/vkA6kGINpA

[Transition by Design @TransitionbyD]

Did you catch our @OpenHouseOx project in the latest edition of @TheDeveloperUK? We're featured as a winner of the inaugural Meanwhile Prize, showcasing projects making the most of #meanwhilespace. You can read more about the project here - https://t.co/iv6xW7uvHX

[Oxfordshire Homeless Movement @oxhomelessmvt]

An excellent piece by @lucywarin on just why renting in Oxford is so hard and the links to homelessness. A right good read 👇 #Oxford