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August 26, 2024

The Fluidity of Community Values & the Permanence of Community Buildings

I have some things to say about the role of common values in communities, about how to think about community buildings (as distinct from private dwellings), and about how the one relates to the other.

April 15, 2024

Cooperatives in the European Housing Sector

Housing cooperatives provide affordability, community, democratic governance, and promote social equality. Effective governance, member involvement, and supportive frameworks are crucial. Many also play a vital role in promoting sustainability and aligning with renewable energy initiatives, boosting their impact locally and throughout Europe. Housing Europe hosted a session on and for housing cooperatives, our members and partners, both established and emerging.

April 11, 2024

The Value of Housing Co-operatives in Australia

This paper and video presents findings from the ARC Linkage project, Articulating Value in Housing Co-operatives.

May 18, 2023

What Sweden Can Teach the U.S. About Overcoming the Housing Crisis

Can studying cooperative housing in Sweden teach the U.S. how to overcome the moderate-income family housing crisis?

March 23, 2023

Where Mutual Aid Comes to Its Own Assistance

“Mutual aid is putting the saying ‘We are all we’ve got’ into practice, and trying to meet some of the survival needs of struggling people, including ourselves, while building community and working towards [long-term] solutions that don’t depend on the state.”

February 13, 2023

Entrepatios: Cooperative housing thrives in Spain

Entrepatios, a cohousing building in Madrid, is now home to 17 families and boasts the title of the first zero carbon footprint housing cooperative in the city.

February 6, 2023

Working-Class Utopias

As World War II ended and Americans turned their attention to problems at home, union leaders and other prominent New Yorkers came to believe that cooperative housing would solve the city’s century-old problem of providing decent housing at a reasonable cost for working-class families. In Working-Class Utopias: A History of Cooperative Housing in New York City, Robert Fogelson, one of the nation’s foremost urban historians, tells the story of this ambitious movement from the construction of the Amalgamated Houses after World War I to the building of Co-op City, the world’s largest housing cooperative, four decades later.

December 8, 2022

Keeping Co-ops as a Viable Housing Option

On today's show, we learn about the potential of housing cooperatives with Anne Reynolds, former Director of UW Center for Cooperatives.

November 3, 2022

The Cost of Not Going Co-op

Cooperative ownership offers a way for residents to not only have a say in their community’s decision-making, but also to prevent rent hikes and keep their housing costs affordable.

October 24, 2022

Teaching Solidarity: Popular Education in Grassroots U.S. Social Movements

How one program tried and failed to carve out autonomous "free space" within a large affordable housing non-profit.