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This Week in the News – September 20th, 2021

Here are the top stories for the week of September 20th, 2021.   Campaigners Buy Bevendean Home for Student Housing Co-op (UK) A CAMPAIGN group determined to tackle high rents has bought its first property for a student housing c ...Read More

This Week in the News – September 13th, 2021

Here are the top stories for the week of September 13th, 2021.   CO-OPS, COHOUSING & CO. Living in a single-family unit, either in a house or apartment building has become the living standard, but it isn’t the only possibility. ...Read More

This Week in the News – September 6th, 2021

Here are the top stories for the week of September 6th, 2021.   National dissemination of CLTs in Brazil by ComCat The idea of the Favela Community Land Trust Project is to contribute to the national dissemination of both the pro ...Read More

Peterborough Housing Cooperative – Coop Highlight

Cooperative Highlight from September 2021:                   Peterborough Co-op is 14 townhouses around a huge central courtyard, with a neighborhood house in New Zealand. It’s in inner-city Ōtautahi (Christchurch) and ...Read More

This Week in the News – August 30th, 2021

Here are the top stories for the week of August 30th, 2021.   Sans Souci Residents Buy Mobile Home Park (USA) In the weeks since Sans Souci Mobile Home Park residents closed on the $3.3 million purchase of their manufactured home ...Read More

This Week in the News – August 23rd, 2021

Here are the top stories for the week of August 23rd, 2021.   Uxo Architects Champions Cooperative Practice While Achieving High Design (USA) The online contact page of uxo architects, a Los Angeles–based firm, features the fol ...Read More

This Week in the News – August 16th, 2021

Here are the top stories for the week of August 16th, 2021.   The One Trick Landlords Don’t Want You To Know About: Housing Co-Ops (England) Walk past The Rising Sun in south London and you might assume it’s still a functioni ...Read More

This Week in the News – August 9th, 2021

Here are the top stories for the week of August 9th, 2021.   First World Habitat Award winner honoured in Turkey Murat Karayalçın, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey and prominent housing activist, was instrumental in t ...Read More

This Week in the News – August 2nd, 2021

Here are the top stories for the week of August 2nd, 2021.   Ireland Needs to Fully Embrace Community-led Housing The delayed Housing for All Strategy is supposed to guide the next nine years of housing policy in Ireland. If it d ...Read More