Community and Mutual Home Ownership: A Historical Review – Joseph Rowntree Foundation
This report surveys the history of community and mutual ownership and considers the implications for policy and practice in this area. In recent years, policy-makers have identified community and mutual ownership as making a sig ...Read More
Bringing Democracy Home
'Bringing Democracy Home' shows that the benefits extend beyond the performance indicators: people who live in democratically owned or managed housing take more responsibility, and feel a greater sense of belonging, identity and o ...Read More
TEDx – Co-housing: Community at its Best
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to live in a place where you’re surrounded by a supportive network of neighbors who share with you the joys and sorrows of life? Doctor Erica Elliott found such a place, a co-housing ...Read More
Local housing, community living: prospects for scaling up and scaling out community-led housing
This report by the Smith Institute highlights how community-led housing schemes in the UK have successfully met the needs and aspirations of local groups and communities. The research reveals that developments are innovative, have ...Read More
Community-led Housing Toolkit 1 & 2 and Key Resources Kit
Community-led Housing projects are run by individual community groups determined to build the types of homes that local people need and want. These projects are aimed at solving local problems through local control. Community-led ...Read More
Climate-Proofing Social Housing Landscapes
Climate-Proofing Social Housing Landscapes, a project run by Groundwork London in the UK in partnership with the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, aims to demonstrate how to prepare and adapt in order to future-proof exist ...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 Geneva. Presentations w ...Read More
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 suitab ...Read More
1,001 co-operative and community-led homes: the housing revolution starts here
This is a directory of co-operative and community-led housing schemes in England and Wales. It's an impressive and very diverse list put together by CHI member Confederation of Co-operative Housing (CCH). Read about the details o ...Read More