CLH Training – Governance in Community-Led Housing
This guidance is about good governance and the responsibilities of those who are charged with governing community-led housing organisations. It relates to G4 Basic Governance, L4 Excellence in Governance, and L5 Statutory, … Read More
Financing Co-operative and Mutual Housing
The Commission’s final report on Cooperative and Mutual Housing (Bringing Democracy Home) highlighted the need for consideration of the role that cooperative and mutual housing could play in the national housing strategy. … Read More
Logement abordable : profils de cinq villes métropolitaines
Par cette publication, nous souhaitons ouvrir le débat sur le logement en tant que droit fondamental et enjeu métropolitain, en mettant en lumière l’expérience de grandes métropoles et dans l’espoir d’inspirer des idées nouvelles pour aborder cet enjeu absolument fondamental de l’urbanisation moderne.
Towards the Localization of the Sustainable Development Goals
The Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments prepared a report showcasing how cities and regions are fostering alternative housing policies to support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. With increased urbanization, local regional … Read More
World Habitat Awards 2017 – Winners and Finalists
As part of our collaboration with urbaMonde, we would like to highlight this years World Habitat Awards. They tell some fantastic stories of what has been achieved globally to create safe homes … Read More
Building Strong Development Cooperation: Partnership Opportunities between Cooperatives and the EU
In 2000, United Nations (UN) member states recognised the need to build global partnerships for development and the exchange of expertise as one of the Millennium Development Goals. Across the international development … Read More
Sustainable Use of Forests: an Urgent Global Challenge
The unsustainable exploitation of our planet’s forests is a major contributor to global warming and threatens the future of humanity. Co-operative Housing International believes that the co-operative family has a role to play to prevent the ongoing degradation of the forests and is calling all co-operatives to support its Sustainable Management Forest Initiative.
Raising Capital: The Capital Conundrum for Co-operatives
New report: The Capital Conundrum for Co-operatives “The Capital Conundrum for Co-operatives“, a new report released by the Alliance’s Blue Ribbon Commission explores ideas and options available to co-operatives that need suitable, … Read More
Financing Housing Co-operatives in a Credit Crunch
Financing the development of housing co-operatives is a challenge and more so in time of financial restrictions and uncertainty. CHI members discussed the issue during a seminar held in November 2009 in … Read More