Social Housing and Subsidiarity in the Lombard Model of Governance

Abstract

This chapter discusses the Lombard social housing sector, and is structured as follows: Section 1 is a short description of the Italian and Lombard social housing sector, placing it in an international perspective and discussing the main challenges. Section 2 presents the key elements of the Lombard model of governance. These elements are placed in a public management framework to clarify the different coordination mechanisms that can underpin societal governance, that is, coordination by the state, market, community, and civil society (Brandsen et al., 2005). This section continues with a more detailed discussion of the different elements of subsidiarity-inspired gover-Nance in Lombard social housing practices. The chapter concludes with recommendations on the further implementation of subsidiarity in Lombard social housing. This chapter is based on desk research and a series of interviews conducted in 2009 with key actors in the Lombard social housing sector.