A group of family and friends have come together to purchase a property and create an intergenerational housing co-op built on environmental sustainability and co-operative values. In 2024, husband and wife Graham Turner and Kyra Pollitt set up Big Step Housing Co-operative alongside daughter Edie, her partner Spring and their friends Caitlin and Dan. The plan […]
A housing co-op and its residents have obtained a refinance and property improvements loan package for their remote co-operative living space set in the beautiful Powys countryside. Established in 1985, Undergrowth Housing Co-operative Limited (UHC) was set up by local residents wanting to turn an unused property into shared co-operative housing focused on sustainable rural […]
Co-op Loan Fund are committed to supporting young people as we look towards the next generation of co-ops. In recent years there has been a noticeable surge in younger people getting involved in the co-operative movement, particularly around the sectors of worker co-ops, community-owned co-ops, eco co-ops, housing co-ops and tech co-ops. Whether it be […]
A multi-stakeholder co-operative has secured a financial package enabling the purchase of a property that will provide affordable tenancies and access to democratically owned accommodation for students in the Birmingham area. Founded in March 2018, Student Co-operative Homes (SCH) aims to bring together existing and start up student housing co-operatives across the UK and build […]
Leaseholders of Glenkerry House have secured funds for a series of works required to maintain iconic ‘brutalist’ building in East London. A Grade II listed building, Glenkerry House situated in Poplar within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets was designed by celebrated modernist architect Ernő Goldfinger (the inspiration for the name of a villain in […]