Housing in Uruguay
Architect, Alma Varela describes the dynamic processes for low-income housing in Uruguay. Alma Varela is Co-Director of Estudio Pons + Varela, designing and developing “Paperback Project” for Low-income Housing, prized and sponsored by … Read More
Self-Managed Cooperative Housing by Mutual-Assistance as Introduced in Central America between 2004 and 2016; the Attractiveness of the ‘FUCVAM’ Model of Uruguay
This paper, written by International Urban Planer/Housing Researcher, Jan Bredenoord, discusses the importance of cooperative housing through mutual assistance and collective ownership in Latin America. Cooperative housing is a form of self-managed … Read More
Building homes, creating communities, changing lives: A strategy for scaling up and maximising impact 2017-2021
Wales needs more homes, particularly homes that are affordable for people on low to middle incomes. Welsh Government has committed to delivering 20,000 affordable homes during the current Welsh Government term. Building … Read More
Mehr als Wohnen (More than Housing) – Zurich, Switzerland
The history of Mehr als Wohnen (More than Housing) began in 2007 when the city of Zürich and its housing cooperatives celebrated the centenary of government support for cooperative housing construction using the slogan ‘100 years of more than housing’. Within the framework of the festivities, an international competition was organized calling for ideas regarding the future of non-profit residential construction that might help solve Zürich’s inner city housing crisis.
Finalist World Habitat Awards 2017: Düzce Hope Homes
Düzce Hope Homes is the result of a 15 year rights-based struggle in Northern Turkey. A co-operative was set-up to fight for the right to housing to be extended to tenants – … Read More
Community-led Housing: a Key Role for Local Authorities
The ‘Community-led Housing: a key Role for Local Authorities’ report gives an introduction to community-led housing in the UK and how it comes into being, including the different types of funding available. It sets out how CLH can help local authorities achieve their strategic priorities and gives examples of how authorities can enable or support it. It also provides sources of further guidance and good practice. The report is supported by 12 case studies from England, Scotland and Wales.
Best Practices and Strategies among the Leading Affordable Housing Developers and Owners
British-American Peer-to-Peer Exchange: Sharing Best Practices and Strategies among the Leading Affordable Housing Developers and Owners The exchange, which was sponsored by the Housing Partnership Network (US) and the National Housing Federation … Read More
Habicoop – French Federation of Housing Co-operatives
Habicoop, who is it? The original association was created 12 years ago. It became the French Federation of Housing Cooperatives in 2015 and federates about twenty cooperatives. What’s a housing cooperative? Its … Read More
You Don’t Need to Buy that House
Article in The Walrus (Apr 21, 2017) on the housing affordability crisis in Canada’s two major cities and how collective and decisive government action around housing affordability is crucial.