City in a City
This video by CityLab tells the story of Co-op City, the world's largest housing cooperative in the Bronx, New York. Co-op City is a limited equity co-op, owned and governed by its residents. Member residents don't profit from the ...Read More
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Report: New Models for Co-operative Housing
This report was commissioned so that the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) could have a better understanding of how co-operative housing models operate in other countries and also to look at possible “best pract ...Read More
Multi-Tenure Developments: Best Practice Approaches to Design, Development and Management
This report on best practices for multi-tenure developments is based on extensive research and looks at bringing together social, affordable and private housing in multi-tenure developments that deliver vibrant communities that wo ...Read More
Building Community Support for Community Housing
There is often resistance to the development of new housing in local communities and community housing providers can face an uphill battle convincing people to support new social and affordable housing. This toolkit by the Federa ...Read More
The Co-operative Housing Sector in Angola
Angola’s National Urbanism and Housing Programme (PNHU) identified Cooperative Housing as one of the four key strategies adopted to meet the country’s deficit of more than one million dwelling units. The PNHU set a target for ...Read More
Co-operative Housing in Estonia
Presentation about Estonian Union of Housing Cooperatives EKÜL by Andres Jaadla, Founder and Chairman of the board - and Member of the board of Housing Europe. The Estonian Union of Co-operative Housing Associ ...Read More
Co-op Housing: What It Is and How It Works
This article is a few years old but it explains really well what co-operative housing is all about and how it differs from low-income housing or social housing in Canada. Unlike privately owned low-income housing or City-run “ ...Read More
More than just Housing…. Co-op Housing
This guide by the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Center (UWCC) attempts to answer questions regarding ownership, responsibilities, and benefits of living in a housing cooperative. ...Read More
Cooperatives: Principles and Practices in the 21st Century
This publication is the fourth and most extensive revision of the Marvin A. Schaars’ text, Cooperatives, Principles and Practices, University of Wisconsin Extension—Madison, Publication A1457, July 1980. What has come to be kn ...Read More