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91% of people agreed that Mackie’s should be developed, while 86% agreed that the 25 acre site should be used to address housing need in the area.

Wed Dec 11 2024 Taking Back the City Together!

The area around the Mackie’s site, where the Take Back the City coalition has been campaigning for more social homes, has almost the lowest level of housing provision relative to deprivation in the whole of Belfast and indeed the north

Thu Nov 28 2024 A New Look at Housing: Mapping Housing Need Using Census Data

A public information event will be held on Tuesday 10th September at the ForthSpring Inter-Community Group, 373-375 Springfield Road BT12 7DG.

Thu Jul 25 2024 Pre-application community consultation on the Mackie's Masterplan

Birds eye view of the Mackie's masterplan (looking from the south)

Thu Jun 06 2024 Mackie's Masterplan - Have Your Say!

Change Stories -- an international research partnership that aims to spark dialogue and learning through storytelling about sustainable urban development.

Thu May 02 2024 Changing stories & learning how much there is to learn from each other

Mural of Frederick Douglass on the iconic West Belfast International Solidarity Wall

Thu Mar 21 2024 Demanding our rights – Take Back the City’s community housing clinics

Meenan Square, Derry

Wed Mar 20 2024 What does it take to build homes for people who need them?

Catriona McCrudden with Take Back the City campaigners in West Belfast today

Wed Feb 28 2024 Grieving family facing eviction pleads for Ministerial intervention

Subvertising by The Yes Men in Belfast to support sustainable housing on the Mackie's site

Wed Feb 28 2024 Take Back The City vs. Tribeca: have your say on Belfast's future pt.2

Tribeca is added to the is now added to the long list of epic failures and scandals which keep happening with impunity

Wed Feb 28 2024 Take Back The City vs Tribeca: have your say on Belfast's future pt.1

‘Temporary’ is the new permanent because our collective capacity to provide social housing has delivered only around 1000 units per year for the last fifteen years

Mon Feb 05 2024 Lyons for Land Justice!

3. How could these approaches be implemented in practice?

Thu Nov 16 2023 Taking Back the City: Practical implementation at Mackie's (pt.3)

A 3D representation of the Mackie's masterplan

Wed Nov 15 2023 Mackie's Design Review

A serialised version of Chapter 3 of the 'Community Led Housing in Northern Ireland: Taking back the city' report

Mon Oct 02 2023 Taking back the city: Models of community-led housing (pt.2)

A potent, yet unexplored, solution to the crisis is Community-led housing

Fri Sep 22 2023 Taking Back the City: Community Led Housing in Northern Ireland (pt.1)

Take Back the City are determined to build community led housing on Belfast's Mackie's site

Sun Sep 17 2023 Taking Back the City: Community Led Housing in Northern Ireland

Matthew Lloyd with housing rights organisers and children at Mackie's

Mon Jun 12 2023 PRESS RELEASE: Urban Design Winner Announced!

Competition winner, Matthew Lloyd Architects

Mon Jun 12 2023 A note from Matthew Lloyd

The winning design in our international urban design competition

Mon Jun 12 2023 Mackie’s: Building the Solutions

Business as usual at Belfast City Council

Mon Jun 12 2023 Mackie’s: Sustaining the Problems

Take Back the City campaigners gather at Mackie's

Wed May 03 2023 #LE23 - The Housing Crisis

Campaigners gather outside the Opera House

Thu Mar 09 2023 SOLD OUT! - Nobody/Somebody Opera Premieres in Belfast

Martin Dunn, CEO of Dunn Development Corp

Wed Nov 23 2022 New York Developer Weighs in on Mackie's Consultation

Take Back the City campaigners gather at Mackie's

Mon Oct 17 2022 Vote now for the City of the Future!

Positive cooperation by people of all faiths and none

Tue Aug 30 2022 City of the Future event report

Discussing innovative solutions to the key issues facing our city

Tue Jul 26 2022 City of the Future - 10th and 11th August 2022

Belfast City Council plan for Mackie's is messy to say the least

Mon Jul 04 2022 On yer bike! Council pushes through flawed planning application

Design your dream community

Fri Jun 24 2022 The City of the Future: Summer Art Competition for Young People

A 25-acre brownfield site right in the middle of area with acute social housing need

Wed Jun 08 2022 If social homes aren't built at Mackie's, where will they be built?

Imagining the city of the future

Wed Jun 08 2022 The City of the Future: an urban design competition