What is co-operative living? The simplest answer is that it is people living together in a self-governing group so that everyone benefits from the group's success. This house is your...

Throughout this booklet, we use the term “insurer” to refer to the company that collects premium dollars and pays out money to defend and settle claims. Whatever the form of...

This Developer’s Guide to MHDC Multifamily Programs (“Developer’s Guide”) is a reference document for developers, owners, and all members of the development team.

In the new decade, you’ll start to notice some changes in the landscape of community associations. The following are some shifts you can expect to see, along with their potential...

We show that the fact that farmers in a cooperative individually decide how much to supply to the cooperative may serve as a commitment device for credibility.

As most cooperatives reach the point where their original mortgages are paid off, and the HUD Regulatory Agreement ends, a debate occurs on whether they should remain as a form...

In conducting this research, CDS aims to gain a deeper understanding of the current state of the cooperative housing sector within its service area, which encompasses Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin....

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Today’s economic climate is marked by growing insecurity in the face of structural changes to work, benefits, and business ownership. Small business start-ups are at their all-time lows, and entrepreneurship...

A primary advantage of the housing cooperative is the pooling of members’ resources, which leverages their buying power and lowers the cost per member for all services and products associated...

Event planning can be challenging, especially for small-staff association professionals with limited time and resources.

On the outside, the cooperative appears to be like any other business. Cooperatives sell a wide range of products, from hammers to fertilizer to clothing. They market producer goods and...

The Cooperative Society is a hopeful and practical blueprint of where we all need to place our focus if we wish to contribute to the evolution of a more resilient,...

These 10 articles, collected by USDA Rural Development agricultural economist Charles Ling, were originally published in Rural Cooperatives magazine to examine the nature of cooperatives and their place in the...

IF LIFE WERE A BASEBALL GAME, homeownership would be like sliding into home base. Just as players reach for the plate with their outstretched fingers, aspiring homeowners reach for their...

The Rochdale Principles originated in 1844 in Rochdale, England, a short ride outside London. A group of weavers, now known as the Rochdale Pioneers, opened a co-operative store at 31...

The way a cooperative is organized determines how it is operated, managed, and controlled by its members, and the types of benefits offered

Cooperative Information Report 65 February 2012 Revised November 2014

There is mounting evidence that more compact, mixed-use development is a more cost-efficient and environmentally sustainable form of development than low-density suburban development.

Cooperatives are owned by their members, which can include consumers, producers/farmers, workers, businesses or organizations, municipalities, and other cooperatives.

We argue that new cooperative organizational models differ in how ownership rights are assigned to the economic agents (Members) tied contractually to the firm.

A guide for designers, builders, and developers of multi-unit residential buildings

As the population of our society ages, the need for housing alternatives for senior citizens is becoming increasingly important. Most people want to stay in their own homes as long...

The purpose of this publication is to provide a guide for cooperative management teams, enabling them to manage equity capital more effectively. Regardless of the type of capital program used,...