In this latest e-bulletin we announce CHI’s General Assembly and Board Meeting on October 5, 2023. We also provide a summary on a CHI Member Forum held in May with featured guests Linda Seaborn, Senior Policy Adviser with Australia’s Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals , Tim Ross, Executive Director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada, and Tom Ivey, the Community Development Manager at DotCoop Enterprises.

We also report on a CoHabitat Network gathering in Barcelona, Spain in June where the group co-developed its Theory of Change through a series of discussions.

You can now listen to our latest Coop Conversations podcast episode with Thom Armstrong, the CEO of the Co-operative Housing Federation of British Columbia in Canada and Blase Lambert, CEO of the Confederation of Co-operative Housing, UK’s representative organization for cooperative housing. Blase and Thom delve into the advantages and disadvantages of housing cooperatives on leased land in this episode.

Read about the International Social Housing Festival in Barcelona in June where housing providers, policymakers and housing advocates from 82 different countries discussed housing challenges and solutions.

We also provide the latest legislative news, publications, and upcoming events. You can read the entire bulletin here. Don’t forget to subscribe to our e-bulletin to stay up-to-date with the latest news and developments in cooperative housing.