Experienced public interest practitioner with a history of working in the commercial, governmental and not-for-profit housing sectors. Skilled in Urban Planning and Development, Community Engagement, Strategic Planning and Infrastructure, Community Led and other forms of Housing, Procurement, Project Design and Action Learning. Strong research and innovation record on alternative forms of housing delivery and ownership, including a Churchill Fellowship, and senior governance roles in the community land trust and cohousing national bodies. Although community led housing might seem to be an interesting byway in the field of housing production, there is much to be learned about good democratic practice in increasing housing supply that is needed and welcomed by communities. Community led housing is consistently genuinely and permanently affordable and sustainable, with arrangements for long term stewardship and placemaking. There ARE better and different ways for building the homes that we need that are not socially and environmentally obsolete and defective before they even leave the drawing board. Originally qualified as a planning and development surveyor with an MA in Land Economics from the University of Cambridge. An activist professional challenging peers, clients and professional institutions on the ethical and public interest content and moral purpose of their work. I currently coordinate a group of real estate professionals and civil society institutions to hold the RICS to account for implementing Lord Bichard's proposal from his 2022 Review of the Future of RICS to set up an independent Public Interest Panel. I design and deliver training workshops in the ethics of development and good practice in co-production for early and mid-career development professionals for the Future of London Leaders' Programme, and previously for RTPI London, and the Sustainability Leadership for the Built Environment Masters Degree at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, previously IDBE. I write and speak on housing, placemaking, co-production, ethics, valuation and anything else that is likely to support a good life in urban and rural places - a selection:https://stephenhillfutureplanning.blogspot.com/ https://independent.academia.edu/StephenHill3https://taxpayersagainstpoverty.org.uk/news/TAP-has-publishedhttps://issuu.com/theaou/docs/stephen_hill_the_politics_of_placemakingRIBA Guerrilla Tactics Conference 2021 Keynote on co-production VIDEO https://t.ly/y02AX and book 'Last Word' https://t.ly/6DG7Nand see my LI posts on valuation.
Listed skills include Sustainability, Community Engagement, Strategy, Local Government, and 21 others.