Summary WIFO study: The Economic Impacts of Limited-Profit Housing Associations
There is a growing recognition amongst policymakers of the social and economic benefits of affordable and stable housing markets. Those benefits have been amplified by the ongoing pandemic and the financial difficulties … Read More
CIRIEC Working Paper: The system of limited-profit housing in Austria: cost-rents, revolving funds, and economic impacts
Limited-profit housing plays a significant role in Austria’s housing market. Around a quarter of all households live in homes owned or managed by a limited-profit housing association (LPHA). These associations are characterised … Read More
Financing Co-operative and Mutual Housing
The Commission’s final report on Cooperative and Mutual Housing (Bringing Democracy Home) highlighted the need for consideration of the role that cooperative and mutual housing could play in the national housing strategy. … Read More
Citizen Financing Mechanisms for Affordable Housing Production in Africa
In December 2020, the Centre for Affordable Housing Finance (CAHF), urbaMonde and urbaSEN signed a partnership agreement to conduct a case study on the collaborative production of affordable housing in Senegal and its financial and legal modeling.
Revolving Fund for Urban Renewal
The revolving fund for urban renewal is a finan- cing tool created in 2016 for the savings groups organized within the Senegalese Federation of Inhabitants (FSH). It is managed by its technical … Read More
Land & Financing for Community-led Housing – Sostre Civic’s Experience
Sostre Civic is a “right to use” housing cooperative based in Catalonia, Spain. The cooperative promotes an alternative housing access model that is achieved through discovery, counsel, funding research, promotion and management. … Read More
Civic Forum on Housing and Habitat Zambia (CFHHZ)
Housing inequalities have continued to rise
both in urban and rural areas of Zambia.
If the country does not change its practices it is estimated there will be a deficit of 3.3
million homes by 2030.
Blueprint for a Cooperative Decade – A Cooperative Housing Perspective
The Blueprint for a Co-operative Decade is a worldwide campaign to “take the cooperative way of doing business to a new level”. The five key elements of the Blueprint are participation, sustainability, identity, legal frameworks and capital. The Blueprint is particularly relevant to cooperative housing and the Blueprint interpretation for cooperative housing explains how.
Brighton & Hove Community Land Trust Resources
The Brighton & Hove Community Land Trust (BHCLT) resources page hosts a variety of materials on community-led housing, cooperative models, and land trusts. It provides case studies, guides, policy documents, and research reports to support individuals and groups interested in sustainable and affordable housing solutions in the Brighton & Hove area.