"Collaboration in home isolation: the resiliency of collaborative housing in Italy during COVID-19 lockdown"
The blogpost written by Liat Rogel and Chiara Gambarana for Co-Lab Research reports on how a few selected collaborative housing projects reacted to the covid19 emergency, exploring patwhays to maintain social ties and proximity without being phisically together, when it became imperative to rethi
The Kalkbreite: Participative housing planning in Zurich
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).
Bologna pioneers a model of municipal housing cooperative
Written by Arvind Dilawar for Shareable, the article reports on the innovative municipal cohousing model pioneered in Bologna, looking at Porto 15, a 35 people-strong, 18-unit cohousing initiative.
The Guide to Living in a Co-Op
Originally published on wtopNews, the article offers an illustrative explanation of the different types of cooperative housing models and strategies, including an overview of decision-making processes and approaches to financing.
Do housing co-ops decommodify housing? It depends
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.
Wenn eine gute Nachbarschaft plötzlich doppelt zählt
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.
«Ich will einfach nicht allein alt werden» – weshalb immer mehr ältere Menschen neue Wohnformen suchen
Adrian Lemmenmeier im Tagblatt über den Wunsch nach gemeinschaftlichem Wohnen vieler Menschen in der Ostschweiz und der sich langsam bewegenden Immobilienbranche.
Co-operative housing: A greener and more sustainable way of living?
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.
Could co-op housing solve our housing crisis?
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