Resources
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Brighton & Hove Community Land…
Brighton and Hove Community Land Trust in the UK filmed their workshops on community-led housing recently so that people can watch them anytime. Find out how to set up a housing cooperative, get mortgage advice and learn about pla ...Read More
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Capturing the Customer Voice
Resident satisfaction surveys continue to be an essential tool used to shape services, improve ways of working and enhance the customer experience or residents across the housing sector. In 2011, HouseMark launched what is now the ...Read More
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Co-op Creator
A co-operative is a business and requires the same level of energy, skill, and commitment as any other business. Starting and building a business can be complicated, confusing and frustrating. The Co-op Creator is designed to assi ...Read More
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In order to comply with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that went into effect 24 May, we are consolidating our contact database with that of our parent organisation, the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA). You can subscribe to the ICA’s monthly newsletter, Cooperative Insider, and stay updated on the latest news about the International Cooperative Alliance, its regions & sectors and the co-operative movement. For housing updates make sure to choose “Housing” in “Your activity area/sector” section of the signup form.
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Cooperative Housing International – The Year in Review
2018 was a busy year for CHI, involving many partnerships with various housing partners throughout the world. The first collaboration was in June with Housing Europe where we held our spring board meeting in conjunction with the ...Read More
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April 2018 – Trailblazing Women in Housing Cooperatives
For centuries women have been fighting for housing rights and many have turned to the cooperative model to provide security of tenure, affordability, and opportunities for member involvement. In this issue, we are featuring trailb ...Read More
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December 2017
At its Plenary at the ICA congress in Kuala Lumpur in November, the following board members were acclaimed: Anders Lago from HSB, Sweden as President; Guido Schwarzendahl from GdW, Germany as Vice-President; Blase Lambert from CCH ...Read More
Global News Feed
The state of retail: Japanese consumer-run co-op takes the sustainable route
February 13, 2019 | Miles Hadfield'We have been creating the materials we need for our daily life through collaboration ... and have been solving social problems through collective purchase' Read More
Media Co-op trains campaigners encouraging older adults to stay healthy
February 13, 2019 | Jen BanksThe new recruits - all aged over 70 – worked on a set of animated films to spread the message Read More
Co-op publisher launches book in community-owned pub
February 13, 2019 | Jen BanksGuide to South Yorkshire Moors and north Derbyshire is the latest release from outdoor book specialists Gritstone Read More
Events
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16 Oct
Parallel Session- Housing and Energy the Cooperative Way
Kigali Convention Centre KG 2 Roundabout, Kigali, RwandaBy 2050, two-thirds of all humanity will live in cities and consume 60 to 80% of the world’s energy. From slum dwellers in Manila to urbanists in Zurich, find out how people are joining forces and starting housing cooperative ...Read More
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12 Dec
14th ICA AsiaPacific Research Conference
NeW Space, University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308, AustraliaThe 14th International Co-operative Alliance Asia-Pacific Research Conference (ICA-CCR-AP-2019) takes place from 12th to 14th December, 2019. This will be the first time the ICA-CCR-AP-2019 conference has been held in Australi ...Read More