Yes In Our Back Yard! Great to see this publication launch by the Co-op Party! And lovely to see Rachel Blake supporting it - she gave the keynote speech at our 2025 CCH conference!

Let's hope that other parties follow suit so co-op housing models can have more backing generally! #coophousing

Ok sorry going to get on another soap box issue, housing. Im tired of all these govt housing news when neither fed or prov govts look to & announce a co-op housing program. Feds should never have stop theirs. Great affordable rentals supplied & still sluppying housinf for many #cdnpoli #coophousing

Seymour Housing Co-operative Tenant Run Housing Co-Operative

Job Vacancy - London: Seymour Housing Co-operative is seeking an experienced and motivated Housing & Co‑operative Services Manager to join its small, dedicated team.

Fixed term 18 months. £49,000 pro-rata (21 hours per week). Closing date Monday 30 March.
#coophousing #jobs

Share unveils finalists for 2026 Awards The individuals and organisations shaping Scotland’s housing sector are set to be recognised next month at a prestigious awards dinner celebrating outstanding leadership, innovation and communit...

Scotland: Good luck to Drumchapel Housing Co-operative in Glasgow who are a nominee in the SHARE Annual Awards 2026 for Digital Learning Organisation of the Year! Find out more here #coophousing

CCH Manifesto 2026: Leading a Co-operative Housing Renewal in Scotland | CCH Confederation of Co-operative Housing Launched in Glasgow on Thursday 5 March 2026 by Paul Sweeney, Labour and Co-operative MSP, our CCH Manifesto - Leading a Co-operative Housing Renewal in Scotland - calls on the Scottish Government to ...

CCH 2026 manifesto: Leading a Co-operative Housing Renewal in Scotland.

Communities should be able to shape their own housing futures. We’re calling on the Scottish Gov to support the growth of co-ops through the right legal, financial + planning framework.

📄 Read the manifesto #coophousing

Margaret Cope – Paddock Housing Co-operative Margaret is a founding member of Paddock Housing Co-operative in Walsall. Together with her husband Leslie, she joined a local initiative to create better housing…

As International Women's Day comes to a close, I would like to remind you of the magnificent Margaret Cope, a UK housing co-operative activist best known for helping to establish Paddock Housing Co-Operative in the West Midlands.
#coophousing #internationalwomensday

Our CEO, Blase, was really pleased to visit the award winning Lowfield Green Housing Co-op in York this week, pictured here with James, our CCH Retrofit Advisor, and YorSpace project manager for the scheme.

#coophousing
#sustainableliving #AffordableHomes #lowcarbonliving

How Vienna took the stigma out of social housing In some European cities living in social housing is a misfortune. In Austria’s capital it’s an indicator of high-quality urban life.

#Gemeindebau #MunicipalHousing #CoOpHousing #RedVienna #HermanJessor #AbrahamKazan #AffordableHousing #HousingHistory #SocialHousing #ViennaModel
www.politico.eu/article/vien...

What's the Difference Between Municipal Housing Like Gemeindebau and Co-Op Housing from Red Vienna and NYC Pioneers?
#Gemeindebau #MunicipalHousing #CoOpHousing #RedVienna #HermanJessor #AbrahamKazan #AffordableHousing #HousingHistory #SocialHousing #ViennaModel

Photo: Amalgamated Houses, Bronx, New York, Van Cortlandt Park Neighborhood

What's the Difference Between Municipal Housing Like Gemeindebau and Co-Op Housing from Red Vienna and NYC Pioneers?
#Gemeindebau #MunicipalHousing #CoOpHousing #RedVienna #HermanJessor #AbrahamKazan #AffordableHousing #HousingHistory #SocialHousing #ViennaModel

What's the Difference Between Municipal Housing Like Gemeindebau and Co-Op Housing from Red Vienna and NYC Pioneers?
#Gemeindebau #MunicipalHousing #CoOpHousing #RedVienna #HermanJessor #AbrahamKazan #AffordableHousing #HousingHistory #SocialHousing #ViennaModel

Celebrating our pioneers | CCH Confederation of Co-operative Housing Celebrating our pioneers

🌈 LGBTQ+ History Month Spotlight

We’re celebrating Jane Campbell, writer, poet, + advocate for co-op housing and low-impact living.

Jane’s story reminds us that housing is more than shelter — it’s about community, dignity, and belonging. 💜

Watch the video here! #coophousing #LGBTQHistoryMonth

2026 Winners Housing Digital Innovation Awards - Thursday 10th February 2022, Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham

Big congratulations to Resonance Community Developers Fund and our CCH Member YorSpace who have won the Most Innovative New Build Scheme at the prestigious 2026 Housing Innovation Awards!

Well done also to our Retrofit Advisor, James Neward, for his incredible work on the scheme!!! #coophousing

Great to see our CCH Board Member, and Chair of West Granton Housing Co-operative, speaking at this important event in Scottish Parliament. We are working on a Housing Co-operative Manifesto for Scotland....... watch this space! #coophousing

CCH had an extremely busy IYC 2025. Find out more about what we got up to in this Co-operative News Review of the year! #IYC2025 #CoopsBuildABetterWorld #coophousing

#COOPHOUSING

All members own the Cooperative. City of TO partners with CHFT on major projects and is a key stakeholder in the housing sector, influencing policy and funding. The Mayor engages with CHFT as a partner in housing initiatives, but governance is internal to the co-op movement.

Why Co-ops Are the Solution to Our Housing Crisis | The Walrus Years-long wait lists show a model people want but governments keep ignoring

@thewalrus.ca looks at the history of co-operatives and their potential as a solution to the housing crisis. #CoopHousing

thewalrus.ca/why-co-ops-a...

An exciting day! Today's groundbreaking at Kennedy Green a new co-op to be brought to us by CHFT, City of Toronto, Windmill Development Group, Civic Developments, CMHC, and countless others.

#housing
#coophousing
#newhousing

(And we got hats!!)

David Rodgers: A global champion of co-operative housing wins CCH Award | CCH Confederation of Co-operative Housing Few figures have shaped the modern co-operative housing movement as profoundly as David Rodgers. A lifelong co-operator, advocate, and strategist, David spent most of his working life advancing the id...

🌟 Big Congratulations to David Rodgers! 🌟

We’re thrilled to announce that David Rodgers, long-time advocate for co-op housing, has received the CCH Lifetime Achievement Award for 2025! 🙌

Read more about his legacy! 👏 #coophousing #coophousing25 #CooperativesBuildABetterWorld #IYC2025

Declare housing emergency & turn REITS into co-ops! Please email housing minister Gregor Robertson to call on him to convert Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) properties into housing cooperatives. Homes are for people to live in, not for corporations...

Remind Housing Minister, Gregor Robertson, that
homes are for people to live in, not for corporations to profit from. Send an email here:
actionnetwork.org/letters/decl...
#housing #coophousing #coops

Could Zurich’s housing cooperatives be the solution to the rest of Europe’s housing crisis? | Peter Apps One in every five citizens in the city has bought a share in the company that built and owns their apartment block, says Inside Housing’s Peter Apps

Great article from Peter Apps about the amazing Mehr als Wohnen co-operative housing scheme in Zurich. It mentions CCH in the article, and our fabulous conference even got a mention in the comments! WORTH A READ! #coophousing

Housing co-ops, owned by your members 4 your members ie power in the hands of your tenant-members and the housing they live in. Video features West Granton HC in Scotland, plus lots sectors you may not know about.

Contribute to your future generation by sharing this video! #coophousing #iyc2025

ICA to host landmark event at The Hague’s Peace Palace on United Nations Day | ICA ICA will mark United Nations Day with a one-off, high-level event at the iconic Peace Palace in The Hague, home of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

International Symposium on Cooperatives and International Law 24 October, watch online.

Our CEO, Blase Lambert, will be speaking in the session on The Law on Cooperative Housing at lunchtime.

If you would like to watch online book in the link below #coophousing

Co-op Myths with Thom Armstrong: Co-ops have too many rules!

Some people think there's too many rules in co-op housing, but is there? Thom explains the benefits of self-governance.
#BCCoop #CoopHousing

Brixton Housing Co-op - job vacancy. Development Project Manager - Consultancy to support the conversion of an existing property into three self-contained flats.

Closing date for CV submission: Friday 17 October 2025, 5pm.
Email: development@brixtonhousing.coop #coophousing

CCH Conference Announcement - Plenary 2:
Debbie Robinson – Chair, Fund for International Co-operative Development – a vital initiative shaping global collaboration and impact.

Time is running out to book! www.cch.coop/cch-annual-o...
#coophousing25 #coophousing #IYC2025 #coopsbuildabetterworld

Co-op Myths with Thom Armstrong: Co-ops are so hard and time-consuming to manage!

Are co-ops impossibly hard to manage? They aren't easy, but it is possible, especially with help from CHF BC, COHO Management Services Society or Community Land Trust.
#CoopHousing #BCCoop

📢 New data out today: The UK’s co-operative and mutual economy is a £179bn force for change. Read more in the Co-operative and Mutual Economy 2025 report on our UK co-operative sector! #coophousing25 #coophousing

Lane Changer - Elana Harte, Changing lanes on the “Being of Service” Highway — Celia Chandler, Writer If you’re in the co-op housing sector, you’ll know Elana Harte, the Executive Director of the Central Ontario Co-operative Housing Federation (COCHF). But wait, you ask, is that the Elana Harte whose ...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Elana Harte, Changing lanes on the “Being of Service” Highway

Want to know more about @elanaharte.bsky.social from COCHF and Sling Sisters? Read on!

#singingcooper #LaneChange #LaneChanger #coophousing

www.celiachandler.com/blog/lanecha...

Co-op Myths with Thom Armstrong: The housing crisis is all [insert name here]'s fault!

Housing has become increasingly unaffordable for many. Is there a someone we can blame? Or is it more nuanced than that? And how can co-op options help?
#CoopHousing #BCCoop