HOUSING COOPERATIVES
General Information about Housing Cooperatives
Housing Cooperatives: An Accessible and Lasting Tool for Homeownership
Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund. An overview of cooperative housing, including topics like ownership, control, affordability, community, and legal structures.
Starting a Housing Cooperative
Cooperative Housing Toolbox: A Practical Guide for Cooperative Success
Northcountry Cooperative Foundation. An applied approach to cooperative housing, covering co-op history, types of housing co-ops, member rights and responsibilities, legal structures, meetings, board officers and policies, committees, and numerous appendices.
Starting a Co-op: Principles, Phases, Steps & Elements for Success
Coontz, E. Kim: CCCD. Topics include steps, cooperative principles, phases of co-op development, and elements needed for a successful co-op start-up.
Feasibility Study Checklist
Coontz, E. Kim: CCCD. Adapted from Adams and Hansen, Putting Democracy to Work. A checklist of steps to include in examining the feasibility of the cooperative venture.
Essential Business Planning Elements
Coontz, E. Kim: CCCD. Adapted from Ward and Kennedy, The Business Plan Manual. An overview of the purpose and components of a business plan.
Operating a Housing Cooperative
Basic Responsibilities of the Co-op Board of Directors
Coontz, E. Kim: CCCD. Describes the roles and responsibilities of co-op boards.
Guidelines for Successful Organizational Meetings
Coontz, E. Kim: CCCD. Adapted from Haberman, Gayle, Facilitating Meetings. An overview of strategies to improve meeting effectiveness—including information about preparation, recording minutes, facilitation, encouraging participation, and addressing concerns.
Housing Cooperative Publications
Characteristics and operational performance of California's permanent Housing Cooperatives
Bandy, Dewey, Ph.D.
Resident Participation In HUD Affordable Housing Preservation Projects: What Works
Gray, Deb Goldberg.
Social Beneficts of Affordable Housing Cooperatives
Mushrush, Paula; Larson, Mark A.; Krause, Jerry D.
Housing Cooperatives: An Accessible and Lasting Tool for Homeownership
Northcountry Cooperative Development Fund. An overview of cooperative housing, including topics like ownership, control, affordability, community, and legal structures.
Starting a Housing Cooperative
Cooperative Housing Toolbox: A Practical Guide for Cooperative Success
Northcountry Cooperative Foundation. An applied approach to cooperative housing, covering co-op history, types of housing co-ops, member rights and responsibilities, legal structures, meetings, board officers and policies, committees, and numerous appendices.
Starting a Co-op: Principles, Phases, Steps & Elements for Success
Coontz, E. Kim: CCCD. Topics include steps, cooperative principles, phases of co-op development, and elements needed for a successful co-op start-up.
Feasibility Study Checklist
Coontz, E. Kim: CCCD. Adapted from Adams and Hansen, Putting Democracy to Work. A checklist of steps to include in examining the feasibility of the cooperative venture.
Essential Business Planning Elements
Coontz, E. Kim: CCCD. Adapted from Ward and Kennedy, The Business Plan Manual. An overview of the purpose and components of a business plan.
Operating a Housing Cooperative
Basic Responsibilities of the Co-op Board of Directors
Coontz, E. Kim: CCCD. Describes the roles and responsibilities of co-op boards.
Guidelines for Successful Organizational Meetings
Coontz, E. Kim: CCCD. Adapted from Haberman, Gayle, Facilitating Meetings. An overview of strategies to improve meeting effectiveness—including information about preparation, recording minutes, facilitation, encouraging participation, and addressing concerns.
Housing Cooperative Publications
Characteristics and operational performance of California's permanent Housing Cooperatives
Bandy, Dewey, Ph.D.
Resident Participation In HUD Affordable Housing Preservation Projects: What Works
Gray, Deb Goldberg.
Social Beneficts of Affordable Housing Cooperatives
Mushrush, Paula; Larson, Mark A.; Krause, Jerry D.