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
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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30 Sep
Webinar: Student Housing Cooperatives – An International Perspective
YouTube live-stream: https://youtu.be/ootKFrw0i94This online discussion is a peer to peer exchange with folks working in student housing cooperatives in Berlin, North America, the UK & hopefully Australia too! We will chat with experienced leaders involved in education and training; fundraising, and housing advocacy. Join us to learn more about the growing student co-op housing movement and be inspired to bring some new housing solutions into your community.Read More
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01 Mar
CHI Board Meeting – ICA Congress
Seoul, KoreaThe 2021 spring CHI board meeting will be in Seoul, Korea during the ICA World Cooperative Congress from 1 to 3 March 2021. Stay tuned for more details. [caption id="attachment_1849" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo proper ...Read More