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New Collective Ownership

23 April 2021

Earlier this week, we held an event New Collective Ownership which explored the different models of collective ownership being used by community led housing groups in London today.

During the session, we heard from 4 community led housing groups: an existing and an emerging Mutual Home Ownership Society and two groups exploring the balance of collective and individual ownership through Co-operative Societies.

Speakers

– Jacob Stringer, Quaggy MHOS

– Hilary Aked, Sycamore Cohousing

– Scott Bowley, Rising Sun Housing Co-op

– Al Cree and Michal Kuligowski, Surge Cooperative

Watch the full event here if you missed it:

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Community housing for the homeless in East London

26 February 2021

Bonny Downs Cohousing Project was initiated by a local charity seeking to redevelop their church hall.

The redeveloped church hall will combine intentional community housing with a wider community space on the ground floor which will be used for services for people who are homeless, vulnerably housed or experiencing food poverty.

In this video, we head over to Bonny Downs church to find out how their project is progressing.

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Growing the community of a South-East London housing co-operative

19 February 2021

Sanford Housing Cooperative is a fully mutual housing cooperative in South East London.

Initiated by housing activists in the late sixties, the co-operative is now home to 125 tenant-members living in 14 houses and a block of flats.

We caught up with Matina and Marie from Sanford as they discuss their cooperative’s plans to expand and build a new community space.

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Affordable homes and community childcare for single parents in South London

12 February 2021

Formed by a group of single parents during experiences in temporary accommodation, the main aim of Heads2Gether Housing Co-operative is to provide safe, secure, and affordable homes for single parents on low incomes.

With plans to live as a cohousing community, they are also looking to establish a community childcare system as well as safe community spaces for their children to play.

In this video, we catch up with Lorraine and Jessica from Heads2gether as they explain the motivations behind and future aspirations of their community led housing project.

Capturing the inspiration in London’s communities

5 February 2021

Over the past year, we have seen the community led housing movement in London continue to grow, with many of our projects reaching important and exciting milestones.

In order to celebrate some of these successes, we’ve commissioned a series of videos to capture the story behind four inspiring community-led housing projects from across London. In each episode, we meet the people behind the projects and understand what brought them to community led housing.

Watch the series now:

Crystal Palace CLT – watch video here
Heads2gether – watch video here
Sanford Housing Co-op – watch video here
Bonny Downs Cohousing – watch video here

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