ABSTRACT The paper aims to take forward recent research concerning the development of grassroots innovations and sustainability transitions in housing. We introduce and empirically assess a multi-level, process-oriented framework informed by strategic niche management (SNM) and social capital theory. Drawing on qualitative data, the empirical part explores the emergence of community-led housing (CLH) in England as a grassroots-based housing niche which operates in a context of market dysfunction. The paper offers further conceptual development of the role of intermediaries in grassroots niche building. Our findings suggest an evolution from independent sub-niche umbrellas to broader-based intermediaries to leverage and consolidate different sustainability practices in the niche. The results question an unadapted application of the simplistic growth-oriented SNM approach advocating for strategic coherence. In particular, our analysis shows that the development of broader-based intermediary organisations is driven by short-term government funding and carefully preserves the diversity of approaches and identities within the niche.

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英国社区主导型住房的基层创新：中介机构的作用和演变

摘要本文旨在推动有关基层创新发展和住房可持续发展的最新研究。我们介绍并凭经验评估了战略利基管理（SNM）和社会资本理论为基础的多层次，面向过程的框架。利用定性数据，经验部分探讨了英格兰社区主导型住房（CLH）的出现，它是基层的住房利基市场，在市场失调的情况下运作。本文提供了中介机构在基层利基建设中作用的进一步概念发展。我们的研究结果表明，从独立的小众生态保护伞向基础广泛的中介机构发展，可以利用和巩固小众生态系统中不同的可持续性实践。结果质疑了提倡战略连贯性的简单增长导向的SNM方法的不适当应用。特别是，我们的分析表明，基础广泛的中介组织的发展是由短期政府资金驱动的，并谨慎地保留了利基市场中方法和身份的多样性。