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
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
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 2015
A mutual home ownership community reducing the environmental impact of their neighbourhood; A fledgeling housing co-op in the Democratic Republic of Congo; Blueprint for a Co-operative Decade and its application to housing LIL ...Read More