Podcast with Maxime Zaït in Belgium, Board Meeting and Plenary, and more Events – May 2022
Coop Conversations In Brussels, there are more than six million square meters of empty space, and meanwhile, thousands of people are looking for decent and affordable space to live or to set up initiatives. Maxime Zaït is a lawye ...Read More
Podcast with Ander Zabala Gomez in Catalonia, Spain, Energy Cooperatives, and more – April 2022
Coop Conversations Check out our latest podcast episode featuring Ander Zabala Gomez from Sostre Civic in Catalonia, Spain. Ander talks about the right of use model being used by housing cooperatives in Barcelona and beyond. He a ...Read More
Parallel Session: Housing and Energy Cooperatives ICA Congress Dec 2021
On the final day of the World Cooperative Congress delegates in a parallel session heard about affordable housing and energy. The session started by stating that the world was facing a global climate crisis and we were close to th ...Read More
Podcast with Rosie Moore in New Zealand & Vision 4 Housing in Kenya – February 2022
Coop Conversations Since launching our podcast series about life in a housing cooperative we have talked to co-op members from Ireland, Switzerland, the USA, Canada, Serbia, South Korea, and in this latest episode we talk to Rosie ...Read More
Essays on Growing up in a Housing Co-op – May 2021
Coop Conversations Since launching our podcast series about life in a housing cooperative we have talked to co-op members from Ireland, Switzerland, the USA, and in this latest episode we talk to Fariha, Fatima, Zaid, and Juju, fo ...Read More
Brenda Torpy & CLTs plus Minsnail Housing Co-op in Seoul – April 2021
Coop Conversations Podcast CHI just launched a podcast called Coop Conversations which is a series of interviews with people living in cooperative housing around the world. Housing co-ops are not like other types of housing. Be ...Read More
Cooperative Housing International 2020 Highlights
Challenges and Opportunities The year 2020 has been a very busy and constructive year. We are a very small team but we manage to accomplish so many goals, both planned and unplanned! CHI’s board members are phenomenal and their ...Read More
CHI is Launching the Coop Conversations Podcast
Our mission is to unite, represent, and lead the international movement for cooperative and mutual self-help housing. Housing co-ops are not like other forms of housing. They are unique communities that are shaped by the people wh ...Read More
Asia Pacific Edition – February 2021
Asia Pacific Regional Forum on Cooperative Housing This forum will serve as a virtual regional forum for cooperative housing organisations in the Asia Pacific region. This networking and information exchange aims to strengthen the ...Read More