Building Co-operation in the Capital
Community-led Housing London are running an event on Recirculating Rent in Co-operatives as part of their Doing Housing Differently discussion series There are more than 200 housing co-ops in London with a real potential to grow co-operative ownership. Join us in weighing up the motivations and means that include coordinating resources between coops, building on existing … [Read more...]
SATURDAY 28th OCTOBER 2017 FROM 10:30 – 3:30pm London Welsh Centre, 157-163 Grays Inn Rd, Holborn, London WC1X 8UE The fourth all day conference and the second one held jointly by London Federation of Housing Cooperatives, London Tenants Federation and National Federation of Tenant Management Organisations. The day will address how housing cooperatives and community groups can … [Read more...]
There’s a point at which we need to say that enough is enough. People’s working lives are more precarious than ever. Local communities feel out of control. Home ownership is at 1980s levels. A growing split between the have and have nots is dividing Britain. This report and open data set shows that there are nearly 7,000 organisations across the UK that are trying to … [Read more...]
UPDATE: download the Co-operate Not Speculate: A Report by The London Co-operative Housing Group (.pdf) report now Let's Keep Housing Social! Come to the launch of our report and find out how the humble co-operative can keep housing social AND affordable. Speakers on co-operatives in relation to the key issues facing housing today including: Generation Rent to … [Read more...]
Summary by Greg Robbins, Secretary of the London Federation of Housing Co-operatives London Federation of Housing Co-operatives (LFHC) has 267 co-ops on its database. Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) has done some excellent research and found 775 community managed housing organisations nationally, of which 289 in London. Of these, according to the data we have … [Read more...]
A couple of screenings of the 49min film Another Utopia (2015), by Albert Potrony are coming up. These will be followed by a talk to reconsider the significance of the co-operative housing model today. Through collective storytelling the film charts the journey of a politically engaged and visionary group of individuals, who sought to develop new ways of building communities … [Read more...]