The Andria Cooperative, active in the housing sector, was founded in Correggio (Reggio Emilia-Italy) in 1975. The 1990’s brought a development in the Cooperative’s approach: from purely building homes, it matured into becoming a reference point for people wanting to intervene in the territory to improve their quality of life. Therefore, by strengthening its relations […]
Lakewood fosters new beginnings (for its members)
This is the story of the birth of Lakewood Community Managed Co-operative, told by its builders, developers and members. Lakewood Co-Op is the first vertical community of its kind in Australia. It’s a community of social housing built on the shared values of respect, tolerance and responsibility, offering its inhabitants a fresh start and the […]
Lakewood Community Managed Co-operative
The Lakewood Community Managed Co-operative was established to provide housing for low to moderate income individuals with a desire to live in apartment-style housing. It is located in Ringwood, a suburb of the southern Australian city of Melbourne. The building itself has been designed to minimise energy consumption and has a 6 star energy rating, […]
Legends Park: A Community Revitalized
In 1938, the Memphis Housing Authority opened a public housing facility named Dixie Homes. Because so many renowned African Americans lived there, the area came to be known as Legends Park. These residents included Shelby County Commissioner J.W. Gibson, musician Alfred Rudd, and the Washington Posts first African-American editor, Dorothy Butler Gilliam. Over the years, […]
KAB – How Cooperative Housing Works in Denmark
KAB is a Danish Co-operative Social Housing Association and a member of Kooperationen, the Cooperative Employers Organisation in Denmark. In Denmark there are a total of 540,000 co-operative social housing units. Co-operative social housing organisations are established as separate self-governing associations, with a management council controlled entirely by residents through a policy of tenant democracy. […]
GeWoSued Genossenschaftliches Wohnen Berlin-Sued eG
GeWoSued is a housing-cooperative owning about 2.600 appartments and family homes at twelve locations in the North, East and South of Berlin. The cooperative was founded in 1919. GeWoSued offers housing at moderate costs for all ages and lifestyles. GeWoSued strives to keep the service charges low by encouraging the dwellers to contact the employees […]
Stanford Cooperative Houses
Cooperative living has been an integral part of Stanford University’s residential system for the last 41 years. It’s been an integral part of my life for the last four years, and this is what coops mean to me. Cooperative living, to me, means sharing ownership and responsibility not just for a building, its supplies, and […]