External Resources

[Sanford Related] [Other Housing Co-ops] [Federations, Networks and Communities] [Government Agencies] [Other Organisations and Services] [Resources] [Related Issues]

Sanford Related

• Diggers & Dreamers
• Confederation of Co-operative Housing
• J3 Building Futures, management of the C60 Project
• CDS, services our co-op
• Wikipedia entry on Housing Co-operatives

Other Housing Co-ops

• Argyle Street Housing Co-operative - Cambridge
• Balsall Heath Housing Co-op - Birmingham
• Brandrams Housing Co-op - South-east London
• Brent Community Housing Co-operative - London
• Catalyst Collective - offers advice on and help with setting up co-operatives.
• Cornerstone Housing Co-op - Leeds
• Ealing Housing Co-op - West London.
• Earthworm Housing Co-op - Shropshire.
• Ekarro Housing Co-op - London.
• Hamwic Housing Co-operative - Southampton.
• Homes For Change - Manchester.
• Imani Housing Co-op - a black housing Co-op based in Wandsworth.
• Preston Community Gateway
• Rainbow Housing Co-operative - Milton Keynes.
• Redditch Co-operative Homes.
• Riverlink Housing Co-op - London.
• Rokeby Community Housing Co-operative - South East London.
• Stepping Stones Housing Co-op - owns and manages a 30 acre farm on permaculture lines
• Tenants First Housing Co-operative - Scotland's largest housing co-operative, with properties in the greater Aberdeen area, Fraserburgh and Peterhead.
• TUSH - Tower-hamlets Users of Short-life Housing, London.
• Two Piers Housing Co-op - Brighton.
• The Water Tower Coop - Southall, West London.
• Watmos Community Homes
• West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative.
• Westminster Housing Co-op - London.

Federations, Networks and Communities

• East London Co-ops Group
• London Federation of Housing Co-ops
• National Federation of Tenant Management Organisations (NFTMO)
• National Housing Federation
• People for Action - The national network of housing and regeneration organisations which is committed to sharing knowledge and practice to build strong communities.
• Radical Routes - a secondary co-operative whose members are small independent workers' or housing co-ops.
• Southwark Federation of Short-Life Users - an umbrella organization representing the interests of housing co-operatives in this South London borough.
• Stepping Stones community - a community of co-operatives based in the Wye Valley, England.

Government Agencies

• Communities Scotland - the new executive agency, directly accountable to Scottish Ministers, which replaces the national housing agency, Scottish Homes.
• Department of Communities & Local Government - has responsibility for housing and environmental issues.
• The Housing Corporation - responsible for funding all new social housing provision in England.
• Tagish's Directory of UK Central Government Web Sites

Other Organisations and Services

• Alternative Housing
• Birmingham Co-operative Housing Services - an agency providing services to housing co-ops and other tenant controlled organisations
• Building and Social Housing Foundation - The Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) is an independent research organisation that promotes sustainable development and innovation in housing through collaborative research and knowledge transfer.
• CDS Co-operatives - the largest co-operative housing service agency in London and the South of England dedicated to promoting, developing, and servicing housing co-operatives controlled by the people who live in them.
• Centre for Co-operative Studies - a university research centre that promotes education and training along with independent research and consultancy in all aspects of co-operative organisation and development. It has an extensive Resource Room of co-operative materials and is involved with the provision of information, advice and support to existing and potential co-operative groups as well as operating a consultancy service. The Centre has developed a number of undergraduate Distance Learning programmes in the area of co-operatives, social enterprises and development.
• Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) - a professional organisation that offeres services and training to people who work in housing.
• CHICS - Integrated Computer Systems for people in housing management
• CHISEL Neighbourhood Housing Association - CHISEL manages about 250 homes in south-east London, Colchester and Brighton and is dedicated to the support and development of housing co-operatives and to a high level of tenant participation in the management and strategic development of the organisation.
• The Co-operative Bank
• Co-operative Group (CWS) Limited
• Co-operatives UK - the representative body for the UK co-operative movement.
• David Dean Associates - training courses and business support for Credit Unions, Co-operatives, Community Enterprises and Voluntary Groups
• PEP's mission: To foster vibrant, resourceful communities in areas of social and economic disadvantage.
• Social Enterprise Coalition - the UK trade body that brings together all types of social enterprise to promote the sector and share knowledge.
• Tenant Participation Advisory Service for England - provides information, advice, training, consultancy, seminars and conferences on all aspects of involving tenants in their housing management

Resources

General information

• Wikipedia entry on Co-operatives
• Wikipedia entry on Housing Co-operatives

Co-operative Housing

• Catalyst Collective's Co-op forum - an online discussion forum for housing and worker co-operatives.
• Could you live in a housing co-operative?
• Digger & Dreamers - a UK guide to communal living. Database of housing co-ops and list of places needing people.
• Housing, a vital issue - by Chris Smith MP, Labour Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, 20 March 1998.
• Newsgroup: uk.community.social-housing
• UK Housing Co-operatives Home Page
  • Directory of UK Housing Co-operatives
  • Equality of Opportunity in Housing Co-operatives
  • The Case for Co-operative Housing - Report to Birmingham City Council Housing Department by Birmingham Housing Co-ops & Birmingham Co-operative Housing Services.
  • Officers' roles in housing co-ops - A brief guide to the roles of Chair and Secretary in a housing co-op.
• Radical Routes - publications from the secondary co-operative for workers' and housing co-ops.
• Tenant Management - guide and overview.
• UpStart - information and resources on co-operatives, including a selection of detailed briefings on starting and running co-operatives.

Social Housing

• Latest Housing news from the Guardian
• Inside Housing - a weekly magazine for social housing providers.
• Property People - weekly, independent social housing magazine that covers the news as well as a feature and issue archive, conference listing and jobs.
• RSLs Housing Web Search - UK specific housing information search engine organising housing information on the internet into a single searchable resource.
• The Social Housing Website - news, events, jobs, plus an interesting range of articles in the Best Practice Section.
• UK Social Housing Link
• UK Social Housing on the Web - includes searchable databases, local government information, Mainternet - maintenance help for your co-op, a guide to the Internet, and the Housingnet Forum.
• World Tenant - Information and Links to tenants around the world.

Workers' Co-ops

• Co-op Primer - advice on setting up and operating worker co-ops.
• Radical Routes - publications from the secondary co-operative for workers' and housing co-ops.

Other

• The Affordability Spreadsheet - by Bob Line. A three part 3D spreadsheet which calculates tax, national insurance, family credit and housing benefit for different household types and rents.
• Ethical Exchange - a directory of organisations that are managed according to ethical principles.
• Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) factsheet: Housing and the Disability Discrimination Act
• Two Piers' Internet Guide For Beginners

Related Issues

CoHousing

• UK CoHousing Network

Homelessness

• Homeless Pages - a guide to publications and information about homelessness in the UK; a database of resources, including reports, directories, websites, online articles and training courses.
• Shelter - a national organisation working to improve the lives of homeless and badly housed people.

Squatters

• SQUALL Magazine
• ASS Advisory Service for Squatters