We Build Our Own Home

Project Overview

The follow up programme will unfold in the second half of 2026 as an extension to Decolonising Economics's Experiment in the solidarity economy exploring "Community Led Housing". Working with members of the Nourishing Economics eco-system, we'll develop the exploration of collective ownership and shared governance of land, assets and resources through the lens of health justice. How can/does working in material relationships reshape us internally.

We Build Our Own speaks to the healing power of solidarity organising, in practising economics in line with our political principles. It reminds us that an economy is simply how we choose to manage our resources and relationships within a given space.

The first phase brought together the knowledge and experience of organisers, and informed by histories of Black community-led housing actions in the UK – we hoped to equip our communities with the tools to take housing back into our own hands — in the way we always have done.

For an update of when the next programme begins, drop me a line! You can also watch the series on YouTube.