Cooperative Basics

This manual is designed to help people in rural Wisconsin develop housing coop­eratives composed of a small number of adjacent single-family homes specifically designed for senior citizens.

For more than 200 years, Americans have collaborated in business cooperatives to address critical challenges and solve problems that were too large for them to overcome as individuals.

People have always cooperated by working together in groups to meet shared goals; this has been a collective human activity since the beginning of time.

Housing has a profound influence on our health, well-being, and quality of life. It is foundational to our feelings of connectedness, safety, and belonging. For many people across Canada, especially...

In the context of planning and real estate development, terms such as “affordable housing” and “low-income housing” have specific meanings derived from federal guidelines.

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...

Having a proper and safe home is where you can grow, develop, and take care of your family's needs, which is one of the most important things in life.

Housing policy is one of the main issues that local governments deal with

FCM’s Sustainable Affordable Housing Initiative is delivered through the Green Municipal Fund (GMF), backed by the Government of Canada.

There is no international consensus on how to define or measure housing affordability, and no single measure fully captures the range of concerns surrounding the ability of households to secure...

History of Cooperatives in the United States An Overview

Cooperative organizations have been established throughout history to address various needs, often in response to economic and social pressures.

The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th 1776, declaring independence from Britain.

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.

The topic of Indigenous mobilization has resulted in decades of studies that show that little has been done to address why Indigenous people are choosing to relocate to urban areas,...

This focus is informed by the powerful connection between homelessness and access to housing people can afford.

When considering whether and how to address the issue of housing affordability, policymakers seeking to base their decisions on empirical evidence will encounter gaps in the existing research.

To illuminate regional trends in housing affordability in Southern Maine, we analyzed historic data from the Maine Housing Authority, detailing homeownership and rental affordability throughout the state. This report aims...

Housing stakeholders – including lawmakers, developers, community advocates, and local residents – must be prepared to evaluate their local housing markets and effectively advocate for housing policies in diverse communities...

We were motivated to undertake this Cooperative Housing Compendium because it was the first time the State of California had a Center focused on all types of cooperatives.

Thinking of buying a cooperatively owned house or apartment? If you are, you may have noticed that housing co-ops are a bit different than other types of homeownership.

A housing cooperative is a legal corporation. Members of the cooperative live in the cooperative and run it—from organizing social activities to maintenance, to handling finances and landscaping. Members set...

BC Housing considers the needs of all municipalities in the province during deliberations on the location of new affordable housing projects. The objective of such broad-based decision-making is to ensure...

They may be used as model rules freely and without charge by any not-for-profit group of persons wishing to establish a housing co-operative that is governed by a General Meeting...