Join us online for our Intentional Communities Symposium:
*Thursday July 18th: Research presentations
*Friday July 19th: Practical workshop sessions
*Saturday July 20th: Book Launch, Cohousing Review. shorturl.at/gjyM1

I spoke on the BBC about unaffordable rents, parasite landlords and to promote housing co-ops as a just alternative.
Like what you see? Please support cooperative housing by donating today to MAJ Co-op on justgiving.com/crowdfunding/m… and share with friends and comrades.

Looking forward to the 2024 Communities Conference Braziers Park
Tickets now on sale: form.jotform.com/233485412873360

Fed up of paying your landlord’s mortgage? Join us to learn how and why to set up a housing co-op! Hear about everything from finances to group dynamics from experienced co-op residents & meet others who are interested in establishing their own co-ops! 11-1pm, NW5 4RA, 4th May!

I wrote an article for Freedom Press about the #HousingCrisis , parasitic landlords🪳 and housing co-ops.

If you like stats, a sad personal story and rousing political statements - it’s got it all + suggestions for how to make #housing less shit.

freedomnews.org.uk/2024/04/23/tak…

*CONTRACT OPPORTUNITY*: support development of a Leeds/Mcr “housing coop cluster” for #housingcoops to share resources/ collectivise assets

Role can be an individual, collective or other org.
£4522/34 days over 9 mths, Exp of Interest by noon, Sun 5 May. bit.ly/coopcluster

Worker Co-op Weekend 2024! Join worker co-operators in the Peak District for a weekend of good food, workshops & business networking. We will also be scheming about what next for workers.coop and ramping up worker control🤔

Book tickets now ⬇️
buff.ly/4cB4UNk

The Brazilian Landless Workers Movement just seized a ~500 acre farm owned by a real estate developer. 200 families are occupying the land & converting it to agroecological production

Their slogan is “Occupy to feed Brazil.” This is the way forward for humanity

Check out these amazing slides, featuring aspects of our experience in Jackson, MS. #BuildAndFight #DirectDemocracy #EconomicDemocracy

The #spycops public inquiry said the police units should've been shut down. Yet its new sessions will treat spying as valid & even make findings on whether people spied on were criminals (despite never being prosecuted). Powerful piece by Alison Smith

thejusticegap.com/as-it-stands-s…

#housingcoops def facing borrowing barriers, indeed #communityledhousing projects of all kinds. New #coops were always limited to 3-4 social lenders Ecology Building Society Triodos Bank UK (inactive) Co-op Finance Charity Bank maybe the odd @bsabuildingsocs member, but terms now make it virtually impossible

A group of #housing #coops are establishing a “housing coop cluster”, a financial & legal mechanism for coops to share resources & collectivise assets, to redistribute wealth from established coops to newer coops & keep coops in collective ownership bit.ly/coopcluster

Meet with coordinators from #Nottingham #coops associated with RadicalRoutes at #SumacCentre 's 40th Anniversary Community Garden Party on Sunday.
Also gigs and #FoodByVeggies throughout the weekend

RadicalHousingNet Students for Cooperation workers.coop Ethical Consumer Co-operative News peace_news

Film activists better.

A guide to filming protests on your smartphone – for maximum impact – by one of the most experienced activist filmmakers around: peacenews.info/node/10880/fil…

Squatting in central London walk: Sunday April 14th 2024 radicalhistoryfaction.wordpress.com/2024/03/21/squ…

There's a #Vacancy at Wild Peak, a Radical Routes Housing #Coop in Derbyshire...

Advance notice of #vacancy at Neds Housing #Coop in Nottingham in the Autumn.
radicalroutes.org.uk/vacancy-at-ned…

Excellent opportunity for CCH members to hear how they can put their massive capital assets to work supporting new #communityledhousing and new #housingcoops all struggling to afford to set up for the last decade. #solidarity #cooperationbetweencoops #affordablehousing

“Now I don’t work because my properties pay for my life.”

Wrong. Hard working tenants are paying for your life while you rip them off.