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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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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

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

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

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

Fall 2017

CHI Elections Conferences and Events Membership News Country Profiles CHI Elections CHI Board of Directors at ICA 2015 Congress in Antalya, Turkey.   The position of President and five at-large positions are up for election at C ...Read More

December 2016

Was 2016 a good year for housing co-operatives? Fall 2016 Housing Conferences: Housing Europe, International Summit of Co-operatives & Co-operative Summit of the Americas; Membership News: USA & Chile; Website Update; Best Wishes ...Read More

Summer 2016

Co-operative housing in Uruguay: half a century of innovation; Board member profiles from Malaysia & Pakistan; Co-ops can deliver the UN's Sustainability Development Goals; Co-op housing in Germany; International Summit of Co-op ...Read More

Spring 2016

People behind CHI; Board member profiles from England & Switzerland; Expanding global awareness of co-operatives as a housing solution; Blueprint interpretation for housing co-operatives; Profiles of a Movement: worldwide data on ...Read More

The Year in Co-operative Housing: 2015

We gained new members this year from Malaysia, Uruguay and the United States and we welcomed new members to the CHI board of directors from Ireland, the UK and Malaysia. This summer, the CHI board had the pleasure of meeting our c ...Read More