Communities Over Commodities-People-Driven Alternatives to an Unjust Housing System
The Right To The City Alliance seeks to create regional and national impacts in housing, human rights, urban land, community development, civic engagement, criminal justice, immigrant rights and environmental justice. Right To The ...Read More
Co-operative councils share best practices of working with local communities
Find out how local councils in the UK are co-operating with communities to generate more affordable housing and make use of government funding for community-led housing in these various case studies. ...Read More
Housing in Uruguay
Architect, Alma Varela describes the dynamic processes for low-income housing in Uruguay. Alma Varela is Co-Director of Estudio Pons + Varela, designing and developing “Paperback Project” for Low-income Housing, prized and sp ...Read More
Self-Managed Cooperative Housing by Mutual-Assistance as Introduced in Central America between 2004 and 2016; the Attractiveness of the ‘FUCVAM’ Model of Uruguay
This paper, written by International Urban Planer/Housing Researcher, Jan Bredenoord, discusses the importance of cooperative housing through mutual assistance and collective ownership in Latin America. Cooperative housing is a fo ...Read More
How to Form a Co-operative
This resource from Ontario, Canada walks you through the basics of co-operatives, forming and operating a co-operative, and developing a business plan for a co-operative. ...Read More
Building homes, creating communities, changing lives: A strategy for scaling up and maximising impact 2017-2021
Wales needs more homes, particularly homes that are affordable for people on low to middle incomes. Welsh Government has committed to delivering 20,000 affordable homes during the current Welsh Government term. Building on rich tr ...Read More
Mehr als Wohnen (More than Housing) – Zurich, Switzerland
The history of Mehr als Wohnen (More than Housing) began in 2007 when the city of Zürich and its housing cooperatives celebrated the centenary of government support for cooperative housing construction using the slogan ‘100 years of more than housing’. Within the framework of the festivities, an international competition was organized calling for ideas regarding the future of non-profit residential construction that might help solve Zürich's inner city housing crisis.Read More
Community-led Housing: a Key Role for Local Authorities
The 'Community-led Housing: a key Role for Local Authorities' report gives an introduction to community-led housing in the UK and how it comes into being, including the different types of funding available. It sets out how CLH can help local authorities achieve their strategic priorities and gives examples of how authorities can enable or support it. It also provides sources of further guidance and good practice. The report is supported by 12 case studies from England, Scotland and Wales.Read More
Mutuality & accountability in the housing association sector
Mutuality & accountability in the housing association sector is the report of the Mutual Governance:Mutual Outcomes project, set up to explore the value of mutuality in mutual housing associations in the UK. Mutual housing associa ...Read More