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Next CCH meeting
[19-01-2012] The next CCH General Council meeting will take place in Richmond on Saturday 10th March 2012. Housing co-op members (particularly those from CCH member organisations) are welcome to attend. Please contact us for further details.
GC members can download all documents for the meeting in the Members' Area (login required). All others will find agenda and minutes here.
The Berrisford vs Mexfield case
[13-12-2011] The recent Supreme Court case of Berrisford v Mexfield Housing Co-operative Ltd. due to its potential wide-ranging implications for tenants of mutual housing co-operatives and associations, has been considered by the CCH General Council at its latest meeting on 28th November. [Read more]
2012 International Year of Co-operatives -
Co-operative Enterprises build a better world!
Be part of it! 2012 - International Year of Co-operatives is a unique chance to celebrate co-operatives. From Argentina to Zambia, the 1.4 million co-operatives across the globe will be celebrating and showing how they build a better world.
CCH would like housing co-operatives across the UK to make a commitment to take action for IYC 2012 by raising the profile of your co-operative to show how you help build a better world! You can order a toolkit from the Co-operatives UK dedicated 2012 website which has loads of ideas and promotional materials that you can use, or be creative and come up with your own fabulous event! There is also a logo that you can use based on the slogan of the year, 'Co-operative enterprises build a better world' [Read more]
Tenant Panels
[13-07-2011] The National Tenant Organisations - of which the CCH is one - are carrying out two projects to develop a framework for local tenant panels. One is a project funded by Government to provide helpful information to tenants and landlords that might help in the setting up and development of tenant panels. The other is funded through the NTOs to develop an accreditation system for tenant panels. [More]
[01-11-2011] Update 3 - November 2011 now available as download.
CCH 18th Annual Conference 2011
[26-08-2011] Presentations and pictures from the annual conference that took place at Warwick University, 22nd to 24th July 2011.
Financing Co-operative & Mutual Housing
[02-12-2010] The CCH in partnership with the National Housing Federation and the Chartered Institure of Housing has launched a new report that examines financing options for new co-operative and mutual housing. Financing Co-operative & Mutual Housing analyses existing financial models and identifies routes and models for future schemes including potential warehousing solutions to deliver volume development through partnership working with local authorities and developer housing associations. [Download the report]
Mutual Housing Event
[21-11-2010] On 19th November 2010, an event was held at RICS offices in Parliament Square - to bring together about 70 representatives from cohousing schemes, community gateways, community land trusts, development trusts, housing co-ops, self build schemes and tenant management organisations - under the heading Mutual Housing. The aim of the event was to bring together the different sectors - for attendees to learn about the other sectors - and to enable discussion about how the sectors could work together. [More]
National Tenant Organisations meet with the Housing Minister
[10-11-2010] Amidst growing disquiet amongst tenants about security of tenure, housing benefit issues, and concerns about the future of regulation, representatives from the 4 National Tenant Organisations met with Housing Minister, the Rt. Hon. Grant Shapps on 27th October. Key points discussed are included in the meeting report, which has been agreed by the Minister's office.
Meeting report, NTO - Grant Shapps, Oct 2010
(MS Word document, 37 Kb)
Bringing Democracy Home
[15-09-2010] Bringing Democracy Home is the final report of the Commission on Co-operative and Mutual Housing (CCMH) which calls for every town, village and community to be able to offer co-operative and mutual housing options to potential residents. Find out what you can do to help!
The report can be downloaded at the CCMH website.
See also: The launch of Bringing Democracy Home (November 2009).
Greener Together - The Co-operative Way
[21-04-2010] The CCH is working in partnership with Co-operatives UK and the Plunkett Foundation to deliver the Greener Together project. Join us to demonstrate how, by making small changes, together we can make a significant impact on climate change. [More information]
[Update 04-08-2010] The CCH Annual Conference was a major milestone in the Greener Together project and was of great value to all those in the housing co-op movement with an interest in greener living. [Conference Briefing]
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