housing
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Cooperatives & Communities
How-To Guide: Starting a Housing Cooperative
ONTARIO – Do you or your group of coop housing champions dream of starting a housing cooperative? There is no one-size-fits-all approach to establishing a new coop but this guide outlines some…
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International
Chile’s Sermecoop joins ICA as latest member
BRUSSELS – Cooperativa de Servicios [Sermecoop Ltda.] is the latest to join the International Cooperative Alliance [ ICA ], the voice of cooperatives worldwide. According to ICA’s latest statement, Sermecoop, domiciled in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Kenya: Real estate takes biggest share of SACCO loans
NAIROBI – Land and housing consumed the largest share of loans Kenyan SACCOs issued to their members in 2022, the latest data by SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority [SASRA] shows. According to the…
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International
Tenants rally in Hamilton to convert rental building to a coop
ONTARIO – The tenants of 272 Caroline Street South in Hamilton are uniting to maintain the affordability of the 21-unit building by converting it into coop housing. The residents and supporters –…
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International
ICA welcomes new COOP ELGA from Honduras
LONDON – Cooperativa de Ahorro y Credito ELGA [ COOP ELGA ] from Honduras is the latest member to join the International Cooperative Alliance [ICA]. COOP ELGA was initially set up in…
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Cooperatives & Communities
West Nile Cooperative Union members to benefit from housing project
ARUA – West Nile Cooperative Union in partnership with a private firm, East Eden, plans to provide low-cost housing units to its members. Through the project dubbed, ‘Holistic Empowerment and Revival Approaches…
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News
Kapapi land conflict: Landlords to sue minister Nabakooba over resettled evictees
HOIMA– The Seven purported landlords of the land where 1,000 people were evicted in Kapapi and Kiganja sub-counties, Hoima district intend to sue the minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Judith…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Over 350 farmers register to plant bamboo in Amuru
AMURU – A total of 353 farmers in Lakang Sub-county in Amuru district have registered to join commercial bamboo farming. This follows an initiative by Association of Acholi Environmentalists, a charity group…
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International
Canada: Study shows affordability gap rising between housing co-ops and market rentals
ONTARIO-Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada [CHF Canada] days ago a new research report dubbed “The Co-op Difference: Comparing co-op and market rents in five Canadian cities”. Produced by housing researchers Greg Suttor,…
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News
Uhuru CEO shines at continental conference
Cooperatives and social solidarity enterprises in Africa and elsewhere have unique values to add to the global economy and must be allowed space to shine and make their contribution, Uhuru Chief Executive…
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