Rising home prices, record debt levels, and high medical costs, among other contributing factors, have converged in recent years to push homeownership further out of reach for aspiring buyers.

For over 75 years, housing cooperatives have been a source of affordable housing. Currently, the 376,000 dwelling units of affordable cooperatives are equivalent to 17 percent of the rent-reduction units...

People facing housing insecurity have suffered disproportionately from the effects of the virus. Those in overcrowded housing or homeless shelters are at greater risk of infection due to their inability to...

Students who face housing insecurity are less likely to engage seriously with their college experience and less likely to complete their course of study.

In 2018, the Province of British Columbia announced the creation of the Housing Hub, through which BC Housing partners with non-profit and for-profit sectors, faith groups, and other levels of government to...

Communities across the seven-county Twin Cities region are working to create a broader range of housing options for their residents.

Based on an analysis of demographic and census information, focus group discussions, and surveys conducted for this purpose, this white paper examines housing cooperatives, particularly the limited-equity cooperative model, and...

Housing cooperatives come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from high-rises to townhomes, from small multi-family buildings to clusters of single-family homes. Housing cooperatives are divided into two classifications: limited-equity...

Cooperative housing has a long history as a vehicle for homeownership and resident control in this country since the early 1900s.

The National Low-Income Housing Coalition found in 2018 that a renter working 40 hours a week and earning minimum wage can afford a typical two-bedroom apartment in zero counties nationwide.

Housing policy is one of the primary issues that local governments address.

The first formal housing cooperative on record was organized in the mid-nineteenth century in Germany. By the early twentieth century, housing cooperatives had become established throughout Europe, with a particular...

The Illinois General Assembly passed the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act (AHPAA) (310 ILCS 67) in 2003 to address the shortage of moderately priced housing in many Illinois communities....

Through various initiatives under the Affordable Housing Program Framework, the Province of British Columbia and the Federal government invest in the development and acquisition of new affordable rental housing units...

A family with one full-time worker earning the minimum wage cannot afford the local fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment anywhere in the United States

The Affordable Rental Housing Initiative (Columbia Basin) is a partnership between BC Housing and CBT (the Partners). The purpose of the Initiative is to facilitate the creation of affordable rental...

Limited equity cooperatives (LECs) are evaluated within the following framework: 1) the effect of resident participation on operating costs, 2) the disutility of time and effort that members devote to...

Students who face housing insecurity are less likely to engage seriously with their college experience and less likely to complete their course of study. In a survey conducted last year...

The costs associated with housing represent the largest expense for households. The increasing cost of housing is requiring more people to spend an increasingly larger portion of their income on...

We initially intended to meet with a cross-section of co-op housing members to survey them regarding their needs. Given the project's limited resources and the unexpected complexity of profiling the...

In a housing cooperative, people join to form a cooperative corporation that owns the buildings in which they live. Purchasing a share in the cooperative entitles each member to lease...

Thus far, we have accounted for just over 300,000 units of the 425,000 estimated to have been produced, 166,608 of which are still limited equity. In the document below, we...

Nearly half of all renters can't afford rent, and over half a million Americans are homeless on any given night. How did we get here?

Housing affordability is particularly critical due to the strong increase in remote working (telework) during the pandemic, which is accelerating the movement to more affordable places. It will likely also...