Community led housing is part of London’s future
by: Levent Kerimol Some years ago, we would have had to look to Germany, Scandinavia, or the States to find examples of community led housing such as Baugruppen, Cohousing, or Community Land Trusts. Today London has several recently completed examples …
Tower Hamlets propose community led housing sites for 2020
Tower Hamlets proposes community led housing programme with site releases from 2020. Last week Tower Hamlets became the latest London borough to detail plans to release Council-owned land for community led housing. Under the proposed Affordable Self-Bu …
Community led housing development workshops
We recently held two workshops for groups we’re working with on finding a site and running a development appraisal. These activities sit at the heart of the development process and continually inform one another. Finding a Site The first workshop focus …
Lessons from housing coops in Zurich
Dan and Katherine are members of E16 CLT, and just returned from a group study trip to Zurich where they learnt about the important role housing co-operatives play in providing secure, affordable community led housing. We asked them what key lessons co …