Since 2008, there has been a renewed search for alternative forms of Housing production that can move beyond speculative interests and are based instead on models of co-ownership, co-production, and co-management.
With case studies from Germany, Switzerland, Brazil, Uruguay, Ethiopia, and China, as well as a glossary of important terms..
This book explores how cooperative Housing construction and forms of self-determined building production might offer effective solutions to the global Housing crisis, moving us closer to a more equitable and sustainable future through systematic change.
Hence the concept of the cooperative has experienced a true renaissance in recent years.
Since 2008, there has been a renewed search for alternative forms of Housing production that can move beyond speculative interests and are based instead on models of co-ownership, co-production, and co-management