People Powered Homes
Recently we held an online event to bring people together who are interested in or involved in community led housing organisations. Speakers from three different groups from across London told their stories about how their groups had come together, how …
Shared living in community ownership is different
by: Levent Kerimol When people are allowed to make decisions about how they want to live, they often confound conventional assumptions about how they ought to live. The cluster flats found in several European community-led housing schemes are one such …
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 …