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Housing associations and co-ops pledge 350 homes for Syrian families

Scottish housing co-operatives and associations have pledged to allocate 350 homes to Syrian refugees who are…

Community housing in Canada to get over $20m investment

The Fonds d’investissement de Montreal (FIM) has announced its fourth capitalisation phase to improve community housing…

Housing co-op partners up with a developer in a multi-million pound project

Fairfield Housing Co-operative and Caledonia Housing Association partnered with regeneration development company Urban Union in a…

Student housing co-ops want national body to support expansion plans

A national body of student housing co-operatives is needed to help build the movement, say campaigners.…

Co-operative and Community Finance loan helps save housing co-op in Cornwall

A housing co-operative in Cornwall has secured its future by acquiring the cottage and associated land…

Co-op housing honoured in UNESCO award for Le Corbusier buildings

As Unesco adds 17 buildings by Le Corbusier to its list of World Heritage sites, David…

Co-operative housing project aims to help recovery in the Philippines

Typhoon Haiyan has left the Philippines devastated, with 30,000 houses destroyed and over 50,000 severely damaged.…

Is there an ideal size for a co-op business?

The co-operative brand and model of doing business has taken a bashing in the public and…

What we could learn from French co-ops

Shame to see plans for SeaFrance to become a worker co-op have run aground.  This is…

Non-member contracts expose cooperatives

New Zealand cooperatives are creating a dangerous precedent when they offer contracts that allow non-members to…