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This Week in the News – May 9th, 2022

Using Co-ops to Combat Housing Crises (Canada) Across Canada, housing costs are rising. Housing co-operatives have often been used to provide stable, affordable housing, and more people are interested in how co-ops can work in the ...Read More

This Week in the News – May 2nd, 2022

More Affordable Housing with Less Homelessness is Possible (Australia) Housing is expensive in Australia. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Higher quality, more affordable housing is a matter of policy choice. A key problem is ...Read More

This Week in the News – April 25th, 2022

A Co-op Solution to the Housing Crisis (Canada) The housing affordability crisis seems impossible to solve. Policies intended to help people priced out of the market often serve to fan the flames and increase costs. An example is ...Read More

This Week in the News – April 18th, 2022

Collective and Launch of the Sewage Treatment Biosystem and Solar Plates of Vale Encantado (Brazil) Is Rio de Janeiro’s Cleanest Sewage in the Favela? Sustainable Vale Encantado Community Invites Press and Supporters to Unveil o ...Read More

This Week in the News – April 11th, 2022

CO-CREATION: CHALLENGING BOUNDARIES (Germany) Co-Creation has become increasing popular in recent years as a concept, method and policy tool.  A key factor in the rise of Co-Creation is its potential in breaking down boundaries, ...Read More

Upcoming Events

CHI's Member Forum, Student Housing Cooperative of Europe Webinar, and Call for Nominations for New CHI Board MembersRead More

This Week in the News – April 4th, 2022

Affordable Housing: The Co-operative Option (Australia) With house prices soaring and the National Rental Affordability Scheme ending, there’s rising interest in housing co-ops as alternative housing models.  A growing number o ...Read More

The Women’s Revolutionizing Housing (WRH) Collective

The Women's Revolutionizing Housing (WRH) Collective in New Zealand recently launched its 2022 webinar series with the first event taking a look at the concept of cooperative housing models from an international perspective.  The ...Read More

This Week in the News – March 28th, 2022

Cooperative Housing Symposium (Zurich, Switzerland) The world needs more housing cooperatives! Coops play a vital role in making our cities green, equitable, and community-led. But there are more people with housing needs than the ...Read More