Resources
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Blueprint for a Cooperative Decade…
To support the International Cooperative Alliance Blueprint launched in 2012, Cooperative Housing International has produced an interpretation for the international cooperative housing movement. Unlike other forms of consumer coop ...Read More
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Community Land Trusts And Limited…
Since 2008, many have questioned the efficacy of conventional homeownership, particularly for low-income households. Advocates champion shared equity homeownership as an alternative, including community land trus ...Read More
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Palo Alto, Mexico
Richard Audet, a colleague from Montreal, visited Palo Alto coop in late 2019 and shared this report with us.Read More
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Equilibre Cooperative's Sustainable Features
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Welcome to another tour of a cooperative in Geneva, Switzerland explaining the sustainable features (straw bale insulation in the walls and solar panels and ...Bravo à La Fédération des coops d'habitation du Montréal métro (FECHIMM), le Comité logement Lachine-LaSalle (CLLL), le Groupe de ressources techniques (GRT) Réseau 2000+ et la Table régionale des centres de femmes Montréal/Laval pour le lancement du projet « Les coopératives d’habitation : présence des femmes, pouvoir des femmes. » Ce projet vise à avoir un impact significatif sur la participation (empowerment) des femmes au sein des coopératives d’habitation.
Les objectifs du projet:
Identifier les obstacles systémiques rencontrés par les femmes au sein de l’habitat coopératif
Doter les organisations impliquées dans le cycle de vie d’une coopérative d’habitation d’outils et de pratiques adaptés en fonction de l’analyse comparative entre les sexes (ACS+)
Outiller les femmes concernées en leur permettant de définir objectifs, priorités et moyens d’action afin de prendre leur place au sein des coopératives (projets-pilotes)
Favoriser le partage des savoirs et des pratiques développés et soutenir le travail collaboratif par la mise en place d’une plate-forme numérique
LES COOPÉRATIVES D’HABITATION : PRÉSENCE DES FEMMES, POUVOIR DES FEMMES - FECHIMM
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LE PROJET La FECHIMM, le Comité logement Lachine-LaSalle (CLLL), le Groupe de ressources techniques (GRT) Réseau 2000+ et la Table régionale des centres de femmes Montréal/Laval portent depuis février 2017 le projet « Les coopératives d’habitation : présence des femmes, pouvoir des femmes....E-bulletins
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Swedish Cooperatives
CHI’s Secretary-General, Julie LaPalme, was in Stockholm, Sweden, in February 2020 where she met with two of CHI’s largest members, HSB and Riksbyggen. Both are large cooperatives offering cooperative homes for sale and for re ...Read More
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Cooperative Housing International – 2018 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
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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10 Dec
Member Forum
Virtual EventJoin us Thursday, December 10 for a CHI Member Forum (10h EST, 16h CET, 23h MYT) Agenda New members announcement Presentations Bronwyn Walls - The North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO) Scott Jennings - Student Co-op Ho ...Read More
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04 Dec
CHI Board Meeting – ICA Congress
Seoul, KoreaThe 2021 autumn CHI board meeting will be in Seoul, Korea during the ICA World Cooperative Congress from 1 to 3 December 2021. Stay tuned for more details. [caption id="attachment_1849" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo pro ...Read More