Mastodawn

Non-profit coop housing has been working for decades in Europe. It is no different from good govt social housing , also working well in Europe for decades (I spent my early years there in social housing in the late 50s early 60s). Long term agreements in some schems are also decades long and a few are no different from home ownership passed on to kids.

It’s all doable, cost effective, socially responsible and a godsend to low wage workers and those who can least afford housing (there is still the issue of waiting lists because there’s never enough …)

Current housing issues in Australia, just like poverty in Australia IS A POLITICAL DECISION. The sooner the electorate understands this, the sooner we can fix it at the ballot box.

#SocialHousing #HousingCrisis #AusPol #TaxTheRich #RentControls #TaxReform #HousingCoOp #GasExportTax

CBC London Apr 13

East London housing co-op fighting for better support as city considers intervention
The state of Tolpuddle Housing Co-Op, located at the corner of Adelaide Street North and King Street in Old East Village, is the subject of a lengthy report going to the city's Community and Protective Services Committee meeting. The city has proposed a $877,000 plan to stabilize the site.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/tolpuddle-housing-co-op-caps-meeting-9.7161175?cmp=rss

Radical Routes Mar 20

A message from Coventry Peace House:

#Coventry Peace House has a room available - we're a pretty quiet coop so
probably most suitable if you are already in Coventry or have another
reason to be here but we're a generally friendly bunch, the Coop has
lots of links to community and campaigning groups in the area and a
lovely big garden.

Please pass on to anyone who might be interested and we can give more
details.

Thanks,

[email protected]
07443428916

#HousingCoop

crabmusket Mar 17

I'm part of Sydney Cohousing, a local community volunteer group that wants to promote more collaborative and less profit-driven approaches to housing. We're running an Intro to Cohousing event in Camperdown this Sunday!

If you're interested in alternatives to the developer-led profit-driven housing system we have in Australia right now, come along. There'll be some great chats as well as the formal seminar.

#SydneyCohousing #Cohousing #HousingCrisis #HousingCoop #SustainableHousing

https://sydneycohousing.au/event/introduction-to-cohousing/

Pete Ashton Mar 15

Hey #coop #cooperatives #housingcoop people - the Stirchley Development Co-op in Birmingham UK is being fucked by their contracted builder (to summarise bluntly) for £1.2m weeks before completion. More info here: https://www.stirchley.coop/stirchley-businesses-face-closure-jobs-at-risk-and-residents-already-homeless/

If any of you in the co-op community can help practically or otherwise please contact [email protected]

(I’m technically a member but am on medical leave so can't be involved - please don't contact me about it!)

Other tags: #WorkerCoops #socialhousing #SocialCoop #cooperative

Stirchley Businesses Face Closure, Jobs at Risk, and Residents Already Homeless: – Stirchley Co-operative Development

Radical Routes Feb 17

"Financing freedom: how we funded our co-op", from Ray of Wirksworth Co-op.

https://raythespirit.com/blog/2025/12/8/financing-freedom-how-we-funded-our-co-op

#HousingCoop #Coop #Housing #Wirksworth

Financing freedom: how we funded our co-op — Ray

When I shared our recent journey to settling into our new home one of the things that most interested people was how the finances work. It is also the aspect of co-operative living that seems to present the biggest challenge to banks, government bodies and boomers alike. In simple terms

Ray

Danny Garside Jan 16

I built a (shitty placeholder) website! 🎉
(and learnt about ssh along the way)

https://www.dannygarside.co.uk/blog/Codeberg-WebArch-website/

#hugo #WebArchitects #codeberg #TechCoop #coop #HousingCoop

Making a Hugo website, hosted on Codeberg, and pushing to a Web Architects server

I’m involved in starting a housing co-op, and as of today we have a (shitty placeholder) website! 🎉

Danny Garside

Show thread

Tommi 🤯Dec 13

Gorgeous corners and people in @sostrecivic’s Cireres (see post above)

#BancaEtica #Spain #Catalunya #cooperativeHousing #Winterrail #Winterrail2526 #GenEtica #cooperatives #coops #coop #cooperative #housingCoop #housing

Tommi 🤯Dec 13

Currently enjoying the sunset in #Barcelona from the rooftop of Cireres, a building built and owned by @sostrecivic, also thanks to a loan by Fiare Banca Etica.

(Housing) cooperatives will save the world! 💕

#BancaEtica #Spain #Catalunya #cooperativeHousing #Winterrail #Winterrail2526 #GenEtica #cooperatives #coops #coop #cooperative #housingCoop #housing

Danny Garside Dec 12

I made a gap of the Broad Rental Market Areas (BRMAs) in #QGIS (because I wanted it, and also an excuse to try QGIS) to try and work out where we can afford to start a housing co-op.

https://www.dannygarside.co.uk/blog/BRMA_QGIS/

#GIS #HousingCoop