The article, written by David J. Thompson and originally published on Coop-News discusses the alternative solutions that New York and Toronto are experimenting with when facing soaring prices of the housing markets which are pushing away the workforce.
Originally published on Architecture Now and written by Abigail Hurst, the article addresses the main labels for alternative housing models, including co-housing, cooperative housing and co-living, shedding light on concepts that are sometimes talked about interchangeably, in relation to the incr
Co-authored by Rowland Atkinson and Keith Jacobs and published on The Conversation, the article addresses the issue of how the covid19 pandemic has aggravated the crisis of the UK housing market, causing more and more people to resort to emergency means to secure housing.
Authored by Valerie Schloredt and published on Yes Magazine, the article places an emphasis on what city residents can do to counter gentrification and make effectively more inclusive cities, instead of resigning to the status quo of communities beind displaced, evicted or bought out, creating af
The Kalkbreite is a Zurich-based cooperative housing project in line with the Zurich model for cooperative housing, based on city-owned plots of land leased to cooperatives with long-term contracts (for instance, 60 years tenure).
Written by Saki Bailey for Shareable, the article discusses the widespread assumption that housing cooperatives necessarily imply affordable, multi-unit housing solutions. It tackles the question of whether housing cooperatives always decommodify housing.
Die Vizedirektorin bei Wohnbaugenossenschaften Schweiz, Verband der gemeinnützigen Wohnbauträger, Rebecca Omoregie spricht über Genossenschaften in der Schweiz und die Notwendigkeit eines Nachbarschaftlichen Netzes in zeiten von Covid-19.
Written by Kirsten Stevens-Wood, Lecturer, Cardiff Metropolitan University, the article reflects on the social trends and pressures that have been pushing people together to form community-led housing projects, relying on various models and approaches.
Written by Mark Southcombe, Senior Lecturer in Wellington School of Architecture and Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, the article reflects on the potential benefits that New Zealand could gain by adopting a legislatively-mandated scheme to support the creation of housing coopera
Kim Gundlach fragt Sabine Horlitz nach neuen Eigentumsformen und der Stadtbodenstiftung, Berlins erstem Community Land Trust.