Maidstone Weald Labour Party

WHY A COMMISSION........to develop an uptodate picture of the co-operative housing sector in the UK and its historic achievements, successes and lessons to be learnt for future development.
to under take an analysis of the environment in which the sector operates by exploring the role of housing and related co-operatives within the wider mutual arena and in relation to changes in the third sector generally.
to undertake a series of case studies of existing housing co-operatives to illuminate current and future issues and potential ways / models to expand the sector over the next decade.

An opportunity for Development.
Sustainable Communities & Participation.
Devolution and participative local governance.
An imroved housing offer.
Neighbourhood management.
Social enterprise and local economic development.

Affordablehousing, Asset-building and Community Ownership.
Complex housing need and new solutions.
Community ownership of assets.
Individual asset Ownership.

Authors.
Rob Rowlands. Senior lecturer. Centre for urban & regional studies. Univ of Birmingham
Chris Handy. Cheif exec. Accord Housing Group.
Nic Bliss.Confederation of Co-operative Housing..
Kevin Gulliver.R&D Human City Institute.

Working Papers available. Rob Rowlands. CURS www.bham.ac.uk/curs.