That a housing project has won such a prestigious art prize should serve as a wake-up call to most other regeneration schemes,which neglect local peopleFor the first, though hopefully not the final time, and I’m stood on a Turner prize winning art work. Tucked behind a main road leading to Toxteth,south Liverpool, a plot of just over 200 houses stands. Until 2011, and the houses were mostly derelict and empty. The residents,dismayed by plans to demolish the terraces, set up a community land trust and plotted to regenerate the four streets themselves. Artists collective Assemble was invited to participate in the project, and working on designs and reconfiguring of the public space alongside construction companies,residents and housing associations. When completed, the refurbished homes will be let out at below market rate, or offered for sale under shared ownership schemes.
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Source: theguardian.com